Derrick D.

Experience

1. Principal

   Microsoft

   Nov 2021 — Present · Indianapolis, IN, US

   I help the world’s most complex enterprises unlock measurable value from Microsoft’s cloud and AI. I partner with C‑suite and transformation leaders to turn strategy into outcomes—accelerating modernization, enabling secure AI at scale, and operationalizing change across people, process, and tech.I lead multi-year roadmaps across Azure and Microsoft 365 (including Copilot), align cross-functional teams, and govern for security, compliance, and ROI. My focus: reduce time-to-value, de-risk delivery, and build durable capabilities—so customers not only adopt technology, they transform with it.Specialties: Executive stakeholder management, AI adoption & governance, cloud modernization, value engineering, operating model design, adoption/change management, incident-to-innovation lifecycle, success plans & OKRs.

Education

• Carnegie Mellon University

  Post-Graduate, Software and Information Architecture

  2005 — 2007

Skills

• Disaster Recovery
• Rfp
• Asset Management
• Strategy
• Citrix
• Infrastructure
• IT Management
• Request Fulfillment
• Virtualization
• Service Catalog
• Cloud Computing
• Team Leadership
• Communication Skills
• Process Management
• Information Technology
• Cisco
• Servers
• Itil
• Cobit
• Enterprise Architecture
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Vendor Management
• Cost Management
• Managerial Experience
• Sharepoint
• Six Sigma
• Business Continuity
• Cmdb
• Strategic Planning
• Management
• Server Architecture
• Process Improvement
• Software Development
• Cisco Technologies
• Leadership
• IT Service Management
• Change Management
• Integration
• Autocad