Oct 2025 – Present · 6 mos

• As the EMEA Global Black Belt (GBB) for Sovereign Cloud at Microsoft, I'm helping organizations across the region harness Microsoft’s sovereign, hybrid, multicloud, and edge solutions. I work directly with C-level leaders and technical teams to remove roadblocks, accelerate digital transformation, and shape long-term cloud strategies that meet business and regulatory needs.
• With over 15 years of experience in cloud and datacenter, including my previous role as Principal Program Manager and Chief Evangelist for Azure Hybrid, I combine deep technical expertise with a passion for customer success. I specialize in creating scalable architectures, solution accelerators, and thought leadership that drive adoption and innovation on Azure especially on Sovereign Public Cloud and Sovereign Private Cloud with Azure Local.

Mar 2024 – Oct 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

• As a Principal Program Manager and Chief Evangelist in the Microsoft Azure engineering team (Cloud + AI), I engage with the community and customers around the world to share my knowledge and collect feedback to improve the Azure hybrid cloud, edge, and sovereign cloud platform.
• Within the Adaptive Cloud Experiences (ACX) Evaluation and Community Enablement team, I help accelerate adoption of key Azure technologies—including Azure Local, Azure Arc, Windows Server, and more—by leading engineering-focused initiatives that enhance the customer experience. My work spans delivering evaluation experiences, creating technical content, advancing cloud advocacy, enabling communities, supporting events, building demos, pre-sales opportunities, and providing reference architectures that empower organizations to succeed with Microsoft Azure.

Jan 2024 – Mar 2024 · 2 mos

• As a Senior Program Manager and Chief Evangelist in the Microsoft Azure engineering team (Cloud + AI), I work directly with customers and communities worldwide to share knowledge, gather feedback, and help shape the Azure Hybrid, Multicloud, Edge, and Sovereign Cloud platform.
• Within the Adaptive Cloud Experiences (ACX) Evaluation and Community Enablement team, I drive the adoption of Azure hybrid, edge, and sovereign cloud solutions by focusing on engineering-led initiatives that improve the customer experience. My work includes delivering evaluation experiences, creating technical content, leading cloud advocacy efforts, enabling communities, building demos, supporting events, and providing reference architectures to help organizations accelerate their cloud journey.

Apr 2022 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos

• As a Senior Program Manager and Chief Evangelist in the Microsoft Azure engineering team (Cloud + AI), I collaborate with customers and communities worldwide to share knowledge, capture feedback, and drive improvements across the Azure Hybrid, Multicloud, Edge, and Sovereign Cloud platform.
• Within the Adaptive Cloud Experiences (ACX) Customer Engagement Engineering team—formerly known as CPE (Customer + Partner Engineering)—I lead initiatives that accelerate adoption of Azure hybrid, edge, and sovereign cloud solutions. My role focuses on delivering an engineering-driven customer experience while strengthening service quality and credibility through direct customer success engagements, building a vibrant partner engineering ecosystem, and enabling the global technical field.

Feb 2019 – Apr 2022 · 3 yrs 2 mos

• As a Senior Cloud Advocate in the Microsoft Azure engineering team (Cloud + AI), I engage with the community and customers around the world to share my knowledge and collect feedback to improve the Azure cloud platform. My team drives adoption of the Azure platform and provides an engineering-focused effort designed to enable IT/Ops professionals to build the skills necessary for the cloud.
• https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/01/joining-microsoft/