Jeff Bennett leads the Energy IoT Partner Solution Unit at Microsoft, focused on solving Energy customer challenges leveraging the power of Microsoft Azure with Industrial IoT solutions built on top of it. Jeff’s 8 years at Microsoft has centered around coupling industrial data unlocked through IoT with the latest real-time analytical capabilities of Azure, including Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) AI to make optimized decisions in industrial processes. Before joining Microsoft Jeff’s career in Software Consulting spanned companies like Avanade and Neudesic as a Software Architect and Consultant.