Chris DePalma
Director Field and Partner Center of Excellence, Microsoft
Chris DePalma is listed as Director Field and Partner Center of Excellence, Microsoft. Chris is scheduled to speak at Microsoft Ignite 2026 on 18 November 2026.
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About
Chris DePalma is Senior Director of Microsoft’s Field and Partner Center of Excellence for AI Workforce and Security. He leads a global team of architects focused on partner enablement, technical strategy and solution innovation, helping translate AI and Copilot capabilities into practical solutions and measurable business outcomes. His work connects technical strategy with execution from Copilot and agents to the readiness and security needed to put them to work. Working across product engineering, Microsoft business groups and the partner ecosystem, Chris focuses on making emerging capabilities real, repeatable and ready to scale.
Upcoming
Microsoft Ignite 2026 17 November 2026 – 20 November 2026
- Building the Capability to Sell, Deliver and Scale Agentic AI Outcomes Speaker · 18 November 2026
Spoke alongside
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- Christophe DeMoss Managing Director - Google Business Unit · CDW 1 shared session
- CJ Spice Director, Data & AI · Softchoice 1 shared session
- Eric Olds Director - Microsoft Customer Success - Enterprise · SHI International Corp. 1 shared session
- Justin Slade Partner Enablement Solutions Strategy Director · Microsoft 1 shared session
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- Karuana Gatimu Director, Scale Experience Group 10 sessions
- Heather Cook Principal PM Manager, Microsoft 365 Customer Advocacy Group 9 sessions
- Nitya Narasimhan Senior Cloud Advocate (AI) 9 sessions
- Brad Smith Vice Chair and President 8 sessions
- Lee Stott Principal Cloud Advocate - Core AI 8 sessions
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