Marc is a Director in Microsoft’s Applied Innovation team where he focuses on scaling emerging business and technology scenarios for Microsoft. His current focus areas include Blockchain and Smart Buildings. Marc’s career has included architecture, consulting, engineering, evangelism, and strategy leadership roles at startups, enterprises, ISVs and CSVs. He has worked in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the United States and his work has been featured in a number of mainstream media outlets including ABC, Advertising Age, AdWeek, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, the BBC, CNET, the Telegraph, FastCompany, Mashable, Wired, and ZDNet. He has 12 issued patents and 15 patents pending in the areas of cloud, mobile, and social. Marc is the author of four books on services and identity. He is also the technical editor of a book on Microservices with Docker on Microsoft Azure.