James Brown has been working in cloud technologies for well over ten years. He worked with the Microsoft product teams on the pre-release beta of Azure and later joined the Azure Identity product teams as an Architect, working with multiple governments worldwide on cloud adoption. After leaving Microsoft to join AWS in its early days, James worked with many high-profile companies on their initial adoption of cloud technologies. Over the last decade, James has gone on to work with B2B companies, helping them transition to creating and selling cloud solutions to their customers and assisting customers to understand when and how to use cloud to meet their business goals. James currently leads the Field Product Management team at Akamai, working with customers and partners around the globe, helping them move and adopt the Akamai Connected Cloud.