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Roskill To Participate in WPC Twitter Chat

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Microsoft's global channel chief Jon Roskill will participate in a Twitter chat on Thursday morning about the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.

Roskill, corporate vice president of the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Group, joins the regular series of Twitter chats that Microsoft has been holding in advance of WPC, which takes place this year in Los Angeles the week of July 11.

Previous guest hosts included Jeff Shuey, director of business development at Eastman Kodak, and Liza Sisler of Perficient, a St. Louis-based Microsoft National Systems Integrator.

The chat starts at 8:30 a.m. PDT and can be followed by using the #WPC11 hashtag. RCP will be following along for any breaking news.

Posted by Scott Bekker on June 28, 2011


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