Rolf Harms
Corporate Vice President, AI Strategy, Advisor to CEO
- Role
- Corporate Vice President, Cloud and Ai at Microsoft
- Location
- Redmond, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rolf Harms
Experienced executive with over 20 years of experience in leading tech firms as well as startups with a track record of driving major paradigm shifts, and the tenacity and collaboration skills to get support and translate strategy to execution. After coming to Microsoft, made the original business case for Microsoft\'s investment in the cloud to SLT and subsequently worked with Satya Nadella and Scott Guthrie to transform the business in terms of strategy, product execution and culture for Azure. Led strategy for the $7.5B GitHub and $19.7B Nuance acquisitions and drove subsequent synergy with its leaders of those businesses. More recently, driving the strategy for Microsoft\'s Cloud and AI business, covering AI infrastructure, Azure, AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, business applications, and AI Copilots. Lead a high performing team that is deeply grounded in the business while also up leveling towards the broader Microsoft AI strategy.
Experience
Corporate Vice President, Cloud and Ai
Mar 2021 — Present · Redmond, WA, US
Lead Cloud & AI strategy for Microsoft. Covering AI infrastructure, Azure, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Developer tools, biz apps and AI Copilots. Lead high performing team deeply imbedded in the business
Education
University of Groningen
Masters, Economics
1992 — 1997
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
MBA
2003 — 2005
Skills
- Start-Ups
- Business Development
- Strategy
- Product Management
- Cloud Computing
- Enterprise Software
- Consulting
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Business Strategy
- Go-to-Market Strategy
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