Bio

• Established track record of leading and launching new products and initiatives at Microsoft • Led and launched multiple PaaS and SaaS services across Azure and Power Platform • Led the Azure Strategic Program focused on onboarding of our largest partners/acquisitions • Led the first Azure-funded architect team and worked with over 140 customers and partners • Served as architect on Microsoft’s then-largest consulting project in the world • Heavy cross-company, cross-discipline coordination and collaboration in all roles held since 2010 • Strong track record of building relationships with startups, major customers and partners that has led to major product integrations, PR, and featured in MS CEO keynote presentations • Created “Failsafe” cloud architecture best practice guidance that has been delivered to first party and 400,000 external (partner/isv/customer) technical professionals in person or via video • Regularly present to President, Partner and CVP-level audiences • Regularly represented Microsoft in discussions with major analysts • Media trained and work has been featured in/on ABC, Advertising Age, Adweek, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, the BBC, Cheddar TV, CNET, FastCompany, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Mashable, the Register, the Telegraph, Yahoo Finance, Wired, and ZDNet • 26 patents issued or pending in cloud, mobile, social, advertising, blockchain and IoT • Launched, produced and co-hosted a 57 episode video podcast series for Microsoft • Author of 4 books • Highly rated speaker at internal/external conferences