Colleen Healy Named GM of Microsoft’s U.S. Financial Services Group

Colleen Healy has been hired as general manager of the U.S. Financial Services Group (FSG) at Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft. Healy will be responsible for driving sales, marketing, services and strategy around Microsoft's financial service solutions.

Healy previously led Microsoft's Investor Relations group, building relationships with Wall Street analysts, while promoting Microsoft to the overall financial community. Colleen joined Microsoft in 1995 in the Corporate Development Department where she created and executed on Microsoft's business development partnerships, investment strategy and acquisition activity. Later, while working with Microsoft's Capital Markets group, she managed a $10 billion strategic equity portfolio. Prior to joining Microsoft, she was employed by CS First Boston, working on capital underwritings and mergers and acquisitions.