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Lara Rubbelke

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Chief Technology Officer - Microsoft Americas at Microsoft
📍 Kirkland, Washington, United States

As CTO for Microsoft Americas, Lara Rubbelke leads strategic technology initiatives with customers, focusing on innovation and digital transformation in areas like AI, cloud computing, and data analytics. A University of Minnesota graduate, she has over 25 years of experience. People commend her as an outstanding public speaker with exceptional technical skills.

Lara considers her job to be her hobby, driven by a passion for building cloud solutions and co-creating with customers. She is a lifelong Minnesota Vikings fan and enjoys seeing how emerging technology and AI are being harnessed to evolve the game. Curiosity and a growth mindset are essential to her.

She is the author and evangelist for the popular “Enterprise Policy Management Framework, ” an open-source extension for SQL Server.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Chief Technology Officer - Microsoft Americas
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Kirkland, Washington, United States
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AI-Driven Transformation
Her role involves helping customers use AI to drive innovation. She frequently speaks on how AI and cloud computing can reshape business processes and customer engagement.
Customer Co-creation
Loves the hands-on work of collaborating and co-creating with customers to build cutting-edge applications and experiences on Microsoft's cloud platform.
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Career

Work history

7-2024
Chief Technology Officer - Microsoft Americas
Microsoft
6-2020 - 7-2024
VP of Engineering/General Manager
Microsoft
3-2019 - 6-2020
Partner Software Development Engineering Manager
Microsoft
9-2005 - 8-2007
SQL Server Enterprise Consultant
Digineer
3-2005 - 9-2005
Consultant
Fujitsu
In the press

Media appearances

Day 1: Lara Rubbelke on the Value and Evolution of Data. Featured in Microsoft Learn – TechNet Virtual Conference 2016
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Q&A with Lara Rubbelke. Featured in Microsoft Learn – AzureCon 2015
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Education
BA
University of Minnesota
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