About Scott Guthrie

As executive vice president of the Microsoft Cloud + AI Group, Scott Guthrie is responsible for Microsoft’s cloud computing fabric, artificial intelligence platform, and the company’s industry cloud solutions. This spans products and services such as Microsoft Azure, the global cloud computing platform; Azure AI, a portfolio of services for developers and data scientists backed by Microsoft's responsible AI principles; the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform, a comprehensive offering for databases, analytics, and data governance; and Microsoft Business Applications, including the automated business process capabilities of Dynamics 365 and low-code/no-code tools in the Power Platform. It also includes a rich set of developer tools with Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and GitHub; AI solutions for healthcare, customer engagement, and productivity from Nuance; core commerce capabilities and infrastructure; and compliance solutions across the Microsoft Cloud. Scott Guthrie graduated with a degree in computer science from Duke University. Following this, he joined Microsoft in 1997. He frequently presents wearing a signature red shirt  and speaks at many of the major Microsoft conferences. He is also known for his work on ASP.NET, which he and colleague Mark Anders developed while at Microsoft.