Alex Sutton, Kirkland, WA, leads the High Performance Computing business for Microsoft Azure. He has 20 years of experience with large-scale distributed systems, systems management engineering and product management. He has been awarded 8 U.S. patents. Alex is a member of the founding leadership team of Microsoft China R&D center in Shanghai. Alex holds a B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is married to Karen Easterbrook and enjoys photography and exploring the Salish Sea. Alex has been avidly attending OSF since 2009.