Ulrich (Uli) Homann is a Corporate Vice President & Distinguished Architect in the Cloud + AI business at Microsoft. As part of the senior engineering leadership team, he is responsible for customer-led innovation efforts across the cloud and enterprise platform portfolio. Previously he was the Chief Architect for Microsoft worldwide enterprise services, having formerly played a key role in the business’ newly formed Platforms, Technology and Strategy Group. Homann holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of Cologne, Germany.