Tom Keane, Corporate Vice-President of Azure Global, is an expert at Microsoft with over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. His expertise includes cloud computing, business strategy, and technology innovation. Keane has committed his career to research and finding high-performance solutions for customer success.
In 1990, he became a Microsoft Certified Trainer when the company was just starting out on the international stage. From there, he has become an award-winning author, speaker, and trusted advisor while delivering Microsoft’s education platform to customers around the world. Today Tom Keane is leading Azure business strategy globally that powers customer success with partners and developers of all sizes – from start-ups to multinational enterprises.
Keeping his finger on the pulse of Microsoft’s customer success, Keane leads Microsoft’s global customer experience created by Azure in partnership with partners, software developers, and partners. Tom Keane is a trusted advisor who helps ensure customer success in the cloud and that Azure is providing the most value-added technology and creating maximum business impact.
Cloud services engineer Tom Keane works across all of Microsoft’s divisions worldwide, and yet his focus remains squarely on Azure customers. A proven leader and master at driving business results for customers, he has been instrumental in driving innovation for Microsoft over the past two decades, including serving as one of the architects behind Windows 7 Service Pack 1.
Keane’s career started in engineering, with a range of IT leadership roles at a global level. Since joining Microsoft in 1992, he has worked on the value-added solution areas of the company’s product lines. As Vice President of Worldwide Sales, he led the global sales team at Microsoft Concert Account Services, one of the company’s early outsourcing solutions. Tom Keane then led business development for the Microsoft Office Communication Server before joining Microsoft BizTalk Server as Vice President of Worldwide Business Development.
