Christopher Drass

Experience

1. Vice President, Collaboration Tools

   Mastercard

   Oct 2020 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   Technology Strategy & Vision: Define and execute the global strategy for enterprise collaboration and productivity tools, ensuring seamless connectivity and high-performance workflows for a global workforce.AI Innovation: Spearheaded the early adoption and deployment of Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio, establishing the strategic framework for AI-driven productivity across the organization.Cloud Data Transformation: Directed the large-scale migration of legacy data infrastructure to cloud-based environments, streamlining architecture to support advanced analytics and ensuring enterprise-wide scalability and data integrity.Strategic Business Intelligence: Established a robust Power BI reporting ecosystem, integrating disparate global data sources to deliver actionable insights and high-level business intelligence for executive leadership.Digital Employee Experience: Orchestrated the end-to-end implementation of the Microsoft Viva Suite and Power Platform, enabling data-driven insights and democratized automation to enhance employee engagement and efficiency.Platform Lifecycle Management: Lead the negotiation of the $600M Microsoft renewal, including M365 and Azure. Oversight of the full M365 workload suite, managing governance, security, and optimization of critical collaboration infrastructure.

Education

• The University of Alabama in Huntsville

  BS, ChE

  1991 — 1995

Skills

• Telecommunications
• Cisco Technologies
• Ethernet
• T1
• Lan-Wan
• Wireless
• Telephony
• Wan
• Internet Protocol (Ip)
• Network Design
• Sip Trunking
• Session Initiation Protocol (Sip)
• Voip
• Data Center
• Solution Selling
• Voice Over Ip (Voip)
• Sip
• Cisco Systems Products
• Switches
• Network Architecture
• Managed Services
• Ip
• Network Engineering
• Sales Engineering
• Multiprotocol Label Switching (Mpls)
• Co-Location
• Cloud Computing
• Mpls
• Unified Communications