Cecile Ferreboeuf Clayes
Director/Principal, Azure Engineering | Corporate Business Development & Alliances at Microsoft. Board Advisor
- Role
- Principal, Azure Engineering at Microsoft
- Location
- Bellevue, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Cecile Ferreboeuf Clayes
I build transformative technology alliances that reshape industries.For 20+ years, I’ve helped Fortune 500 companies, global ISVs, and innovative start-ups unlock growth by connecting the right strategy, technology, and partners.At Microsoft, I led strategic partnerships, M&A initiatives, and engineering-to-engineering programs that accelerated adoption of Azure, IoT, and AI across manufacturing, industrial, and autonomous systems. My approach blends commercial acumen with deep industry and technical insight — translating complex capabilities into market-shaping opportunities.Specialties: Corporate Development & M&A | Strategic Alliances | Go-to-Market Leadership | AI & IoT Ecosystems | Cloud Business Models | Board Governance.
Experience
Principal, Azure Engineering
May 2021 — Present
Lead multi-billion business governance for Microsoft’s engineering-to-engineering partner and customer programs, creating new operational and financial blueprints that enable new joint market value with partners, and scalable, high-value technical engagements with our top Fortune 500 clients. Drive the Azure Storage channel ecosystem program initiative.• Created a new business and financial model enabling scalable customer engineering engagements across Fortune 500 clients. • Led the governance and execution, spanning engineering, finance, and operations to deliver programs impacting $1B+ in Azure consumption (100+ headcounts in 18 months, top 8 Azure adopters’ customers)
Education
Télécom Paris
Master of Science - MS, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Telecommunication Engineering
Skills
- Managed Services
- Business Model Transformation
- Strategy
- E-Commerce
- Professional Services
- Business Strategy
- Program Management
- Saas
- Team Management
- Leadership
- Enterprise Software
- Marketing
- Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
- Product Management
- Go-to-Market Strategy
- Crm
- Telecommunications
- Channel Partners
- Isvs- Software Vendors
- Pre-Sales
- Industrial Iot
- Edge Computing
- Cloud Computing
- Software as a Service (Saas)
- Business Development
- Team Leadership
- Business Alliances
- Lead Generation
- Account Management
- Start-Ups
- Outsourcing
- Management
- Consulting
- Business Modeling
- Strategic Planning
- IT Strategy
- Internet of Things
- Business Planning
- Windows Azure
- Partner Management
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