Brendan Burns
Corporate Vice President, Microsoft
Brendan Burns is listed as Corporate Vice President, Microsoft. Brendan is scheduled to speak at Microsoft Ignite 2026 on 18 November 2026.
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About
Burns is a co-founder of the Kubernetes open-source project and Corporate Vice President and Technical Fellow, Azure Experiences and Cloud Platform. He is also the author and co-author of several books on Kubernetes and distributed systems. Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked on web search infrastructure and Google Cloud Platform at Google. Burns holds a PhD in Robotics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a BA in Computer Science and Studio Art from Williams College.
Upcoming
Microsoft Ignite 2026 17 November 2026 – 20 November 2026
- Put AI agents to work in Azure cloud operations Speaker · 18 November 2026
Spoke alongside
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- Ruhiyyih Mahalati VP, Engineering Manager · Microsoft 1 shared session
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