Be kind – how you operate is just as important as what you achieve, and kindness lasts a lifetime.Ĥ. Pursue your passions – they can create opportunities you can’t imagine today.ģ. Work hard – anyone can do it, but not everyone does.Ģ. And it gave me a chance to reflect on four lessons I can trace back directly to those years:ġ. It was humbling to be back at the school where I discovered my passion for computer science. I was recently honored with induction into Princes’ Men Gallery at my alma mater, Prince Alfred College. Today I am excited to share that I am leaving Microsoft and taking the next step in my career to build on the world’s computer. I could not be prouder of the last 21 years, and equally excited for my next journey to begin. What drives me is the ability to build and disrupt. Entrepreneurialism, constant learning, and growth have been a theme of my career for the last two decades. Digital disruption, enabled by hyperscale cloud and ubiquitous computing is only beginning. This digital disruption enables a new class of workloads, and scenarios to be built. Over the last 10 years I have been fortunate to build hyperscale infrastructure in over 30 countries, providing 85% of the planets GDP with data residency and high availability. Building a global product in a rapidly evolving regulatory and cyber sovereignty environment has changed the landscape of computing across the planet. With Azure, I led the team that built “The World’s Computer”. With Office 365, I was a leader in the team that delivered Microsoft’s first commercial cloud service and scaled the service from zero to over 100 million end users. Building a new product, with a new technology paradigm, and a new business model was an incredible experience. I have been fortunate to be at the center of cloud computing for the last 20 years, first with Office 365, and then with Azure.
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