Danielle Crayton
Senior Director, Programs & Scale Engines Marketing - Commercial Cloud & AI, Microsoft
Danielle Crayton is listed as Senior Director, Programs & Scale Engines Marketing - Commercial Cloud & AI, Microsoft. Danielle is scheduled to speak at Microsoft Ignite 2026 on 18 November 2026.
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About
Danielle Crayton is Senior Director of Azure SMB Marketing at Microsoft, where she leads global marketing strategy to help small and medium-sized businesses realize the potential of cloud and AI. Her team focuses on accelerating Azure customer acquisition and growth through direct and partner channels, with an emphasis on translating emerging technologies into practical business value. Danielle is passionate about helping partners build profitable, scalable businesses and empowering SMB customers to modernize, harness their data, and take advantage of AI and agents. Over more than 16 years at Microsoft, she has held leadership roles across Azure, Microsoft 365, Surface, and Windows, spanning both sales and marketing. She is known for turning complex business challenges into clear, data-driven strategies that connect customer insights, technology, and go-to-market execution. Danielle holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business and a B.S. in Commerce
Upcoming
Microsoft Ignite 2026 17 November 2026 – 20 November 2026
- Lean IT teams, big AI impact Speaker · 18 November 2026
- Building a Repeatable SMB Frontier Practice for CSPs Speaker · 19 November 2026
Spoke alongside
People who have shared a session with Danielle at events on B2DB.
- Diego Bekerman General Manager, Global SMB, Strategy & Growth · Microsoft 1 shared session
- Erwin Visser General Manager, Cloud Service Provider (CSP) Partner Channel, GPS Americas · Microsoft 1 shared session
- Rachel Bondi Corporate Vice President, Small Medium and Corporate, Microsoft Asia · Microsoft 1 shared session
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- Christian Sarafidis Chief Executive EMEA Financial Services 13 sessions
- Tyler Pichach Global Head of AI Strategy and GTM for Payments and Banking 12 sessions
- Justin Garrett Principal Program Manager Lead, DevRel, Azure Experiences & Ecosystems, Cloud + AI Engineering 10 sessions
- 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
- Lorena Mora Senior Product Manager | Microsoft Intune & Windows 8 sessions
- Sonia Cuff Cloud Advocate Lead - Cloud Native & Linux Advocacy 8 sessions
- Bethany Jepchumba Developer Relations 7 sessions
- Paolo Pialorsi Senior Developer Advocate 7 sessions