Olivier Mertens is a cloud solution architect for Azure data and AI at Microsoft, based in Dublin, Ireland. In this role, he assisted organizations in designing their enterprise-scale data platforms and analytical workloads. Next to his role as an architect, Olivier was selected as an advanced cloud expert for AI. In this role as a domain expert, he has led the technical expertise of his field in the corporate markets of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at Microsoft. Before his time at Microsoft, he worked as a data consultant at Microsoft Partners in Belgium.
Olivier is a lecturer at PXL Digital Business School, a keynote speaker for AI, and holds a master’s degree in information management, a postgraduate degree as an AI business architect, and a bachelor’s degree in business management.