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Clayton Porter

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Senior Industry Architect at Microsoft
📍 Benowa, Queensland, Australia

Clayton Porter is a Senior Global Telecommunications Industry Architect at Microsoft with over 20 years of experience. He specializes in cloud transformation, data strategy, and bringing C-Level visions to life, drawing on his extensive background at nbn™ Australia. Colleagues describe him as knowledgeable, calm, and a trusted leader with strong architectural insights.

While his public profile is professionally focused, he has an educational background in Business, Computer Science, and a Masters in Information Technology from Griffith University and Charles Sturt University, respectively.

Unique fact: During his time at nbn™ Australia, he led a delivery and operations team of over 600 resources with an annual CAPEX budget exceeding $150 million.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Senior Industry Architect
Job Level
Senior
Location
Benowa, Queensland, Australia
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AI in Telecom
He actively shares content on the application of AI in the telecommunications industry today and lists ML & AI as key areas of his expertise.
Cloud Transformation
His current role focuses on helping global telecommunications providers move to cloud-enabled architectures, a continuation of his strategy work at nbn™.
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Career

Work history

3-2022
Senior Industry Architect
Microsoft
1-2020 - 3-2022
GM Information Management, Chief Data Office
nbn™ Australia
3-2017 - 1-2020
GM CTO Systems - Strategy and High Level Architecture
nbn™ Australia
4-2015 - 1-2020
GM IT, Network and Service Operations
nbn™ Australia
8-2013 - 1-2020
GM Assurance Center of Excellence
nbn™ Australia
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Education
2006 - 2008
MIT
Charles Sturt University
1992 - 1994
Business and Computer Science
Griffith University
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