Senior Director, U.S. Microsoft Technology Centers & Industry Innovation
Microsoft
April Walker is Sr. Director of the US Microsoft Technology Centers (MTC). She is accountable for 15 innovation centers across the US and leads a national organization. In her role, April oversees Microsoft’s state-of-the-art technology and industry centers-of-excellence (COE) that are at the heart of Microsoft’s ecosystem. A mission to empower and enable Microsoft customers to realize the promise of digital transformation, April’s team of MTC technical architects guide industry leaders and their respective organizations through the journey of transformative technological evolution that helps to solve their most complex business challenges. A career spanning more than 30 years, April has held leadership roles in both the public and private sectors. She has been the catalyst for driving change, direction, and developing enterprise-wide and global strategies for digital transformation and innovation for many Fortune 500 companies, including MetLife, NBCUniversal, and AOL Time Warner to name just a few. April attended the Sloan School of Management at MIT and earned an MBA and an Executive Certification in Artificial Intelligence (AI). She also possesses an M.S. in Engineering Management from George Washington University and a B.S. in Global Business from the University of Maryland.