Sean James

Senior Director of Datacenter Research, Microsoft

Sean James runs the Microsoft’s Datacenter Research and Development Program within the Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure and Operations Group. He drives new datacenter technology for Microsoft’s next-generation data centers, including the evaluation, development, and testing. Sean joined Microsoft in 2006 to manage one of Microsoft’s datacenters. Later, he joined the Construction Team and oversaw the design and building of new Microsoft datacenters.

Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked in datacenter management overseeing the day-to-day maintenance and repair operations for both IT hardware and critical infrastructure, such as electrical infrastructure and cooling equipment.

Sean served in the US Navy Submarine Fleet as an Electrician. He holds many patents related to datacenters and energy, a degree in Information Technology, and has published many papers on datacenter energy and technology.