Alex Montgomery AKA Monty has spent more than 18 years in the technology industry, the last 7 of which have been at Microsoft in a number of product, sales and strategy roles. He has a background in business applications and has a passion for helping customers drive transformational outcomes through the use of technology. In his current role, Monty holds accountability for product strategy across Azure IoT and Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence services including amongst others Cognitive services, Machine Learning and Azure Bot Framework. A seasoned public speaker, Monty excels at bringing together complex propositions and simplifying them for business and technical audiences, underlining value outcomes for customers of all sizes and industries.