Kevin Shatzkamer
Speaker
Kevin Shatzkamer is a Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, leading Strategy and Operations within the Customer Experience & Success (CE&S) organization. His team focuses on driving strategy and planning, business excellence, product lifecycle readiness & success, skilling & knowledge management, and tech operations excellence with a focus on scaling execution and driving innovation across CE&S.
With more than 20 years of software and operational leadership experience, Kevin excels at delivering transformation and innovation at scale to improve customer experiences and outcomes. His portfolio spans strategy, market insights, business performance, learning and development, technical enablement, compliance, and AI adoption. A key focus of his work is leading the development of scalable, one-to-many AI use cases and integrating them into both proactive and reactive support models—serving as a bridge between customer experience and product leadership.
Kevin also serves as an executive sponsor for new Azure commitments and enterprise transformation engagements, overseeing onboarding and AI innovation initiatives for Microsoft’s key customers.
Before joining Microsoft, Kevin held senior leadership roles at Google Cloud, Dell Technologies, Brocade, and Cisco Systems, with a focus on AI engineering, digital transformation, service provider solutions, and technology validation. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Florida and a Master of Engineering from MIT, plus an MBA from Indiana University. He is the inventor of more than 50 patents and the author of two technology books.

Featured Sessions
04:00 PM
17 June 2025
04:00 PM-05:30 PM
Impact Stage
Experience the tangible impact of AI in telecom. This session block showcases real-world successes, revealing how leading companies are applying AI to deliver concrete business value. Dive into practical case studies demonstrating how AI is transforming customer engagement, optimizing operations, and generating measurable growth across the telecommunications landscape.
02:00 PM
18 June 2025
02:00 PM-03:30 PM
Impact Stage
This session cuts through the noise to provide a pragmatic, stress-tested view of the ground-breaking technologies set to redefine telecom. We’ll explore which innovations are truly on the verge of impacting the industry, and what their real-world applications and outcomes will look like.