Nicholas Balestrino
Executive Director, AI and Innovation Partnerships, Novartis
Nicholas Balestrino is listed as Executive Director, AI and Innovation Partnerships, Novartis. Nicholas is scheduled to speak at Microsoft Ignite 2026 on 19 November 2026.
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About
Nick Balestrino leads Technology Partnerships at Novartis, working across the organization and with strategic partners including Microsoft to turn emerging technology into practical business value. His background spans IT operations, Microsoft 365, digital workplace, and AI, including helping lead Novartis’ early adoption and scaling of Microsoft 365 Copilot. Today, Nick focuses on strengthening technology partnerships, accelerating AI adoption, and connecting the right people, platforms, and ideas to help teams work differently and move innovation forward.
Upcoming
Microsoft Ignite 2026 17 November 2026 – 20 November 2026
- Deploy solutions at scale with Power Platform or Copilot Managed Runtime Speaker · 19 November 2026
Spoke alongside
People who have shared a session with Nicholas at events on B2DB.
- Austin Laugesen Principal Group Product Manager · Microsoft 1 shared session
- Ryan Jansen Principal Software Engineering Manager · Microsoft 1 shared session
- Zohar Raz Group Product Manager Power Platform Governance · Microsoft 1 shared session
Others from Novartis
- Vas Narasimhan Chief Executive Officer 3 sessions
- Esmeralda Cusati Director, CX, Creative Campaign Touchpoints 2 sessions
- Christian Parker Scientist 1 session
- Jae Hahn Director AI Innovation UX 1 session
- Nicholas Adlard HEOR Therapy Area Head: Cardio, Renal, Metabolic 1 session
- Petra Behnen Medical Lead SMA (Germany) 1 session
- Samantha Kingdom SVP, Therapy Area Head Immunology, International 1 session
- Sonya Rogerson Head of Legal Transformation 1 session
- Uta Rager Medical Science Liaison Radioligand Therapy 1 session