Tom Alessi

About Tom Alessi

Currently serving as Senior Director of Emerging Platform Integration at Microsoft, leading an organization of engineers and technical program managers to develop and deploy innovative GPU server platforms and advance AI technology. With a focus on hyperscale datacenters and technical program management, the team works to define next-generation datacenter infrastructure and enable cutting-edge cloud server capacity. Having also worked at Amazon Web Services and Intel, I have more than two decades of experience leading procurement, supply chain and IT hardware program management organizations. I thrive in start-up type environments where pivoting organizations and developing new processes to impact new business areas is essential.

Experience

1. Senior Director, Emerging Platform Integration

   Microsoft

   Apr 2023 — Present · US

   Lead organization of Technical Program Managers and Engineers to plan and introduce new datacenter infrastructure required to enable cloud server capacity. Develop novel IT hardware and datacenter processes to enable first of kind GPU/AI server platform launches.

Education

• Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

  MBA, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management

  2002 — 2004

• University of Washington

  Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA

• University of Washington

  BA-Business, Finance, Marketing

  1990 — 1995

Skills

• International Business
• Global Sourcing
• Contract Negotiation
• Negotiation
• Change Management
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Strategic Sourcing
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Vendor Management
• Outsourcing
• Project Planning
• Supply Chain
• Materials Management
• Purchasing
• Supply Management
• Sourcing
• Management
• Product Development
• Budgets
• Project Management
• Manufacturing
• Business Process
• Business Strategy
• Procurement
• Mrp
• Leadership