Dennis Zielke

Leading Architecture on Cloud & AI @ Microsoft Germany

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

Helping Microsoft customers to envision, design build and deploy innovative solutions with #AI on cloud native technology stacks.

Experience

  • Microsoft (Full-time · 15 yrs 7 mos)
    • CTO of Customer Success Germany
      Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

      My focus is in driving strategic customer engagements in Germany to ensure end-to-end solution architecture envisioning, design and implementation across the Microsoft product portfolios. I am collaborating with the Microsoft field across roles, industries and domains to design agentic workforces, build real-time exciting user experiences, modernise how applications and data platforms are being built and connected to existing technology to ensure business outcomes and value for our customers. Working in close collaboration with our product engineering teams to amplify the voice of the customer and align customer scenarios and expectations with roadmap strategy and field execution.

    • Senior Global Blackbelt Technical Specialist - Application Innovation
      2016 - 2025 · 9 yrs

      I was working with customers to implement intelligent and connected user experience using artificial intelligence. I jointly engaged with our field teams to design mission critical and high scale cloud native application architectures I helped customers and partners drive innovative software patterns and validate new technology stacks with customers. Internally I was collaborating with our sales strategy and product teams to define technical solution best practices and validate product roadmaps, engagement models and go to market strategy. Some of the projects I worked on became public case studies and references for architecture patterns and cloud solutions: Bosch increases vehicle safety using map-matching algorithms and Azure Kubernetes Service: https://www.microsoft.com/en/customers/story/765209-bosch-increases-vehicle-safety-using-map-matching-algorithms-and-azure-kubernetes-service ZEISS accelerates cloud-first development on Azure and streamlines order processing: https://www.microsoft.com/en/customers/story/1336089737047375040-zeiss-accelerates-cloud-first-development-on-azure-and-streamlines-order-processing CARIAD creates a service platform for Volkswagen Group vehicles with Azure and AKS: https://www.microsoft.com/en/customers/story/1703517312786819888-cariad-volkswagen-group-azure-kubernetes-service-germany BMW drives innovation with Microsoft Azure and GitHub: https://www.microsoft.com/en/customers/story/18757-bmw-group-azure

    • Consultant - Application Development
      2011 - 2016 · 5 yrs

      Lead team of software engineers as technical architect for Software as a Service products Writing of technical specifications and review of solution deliverables Providing architectural guidance on best practices on the Microsoft technology stack Implementation of custom applications for public facing websites, intranet applications and mobile applications Designing and implementation of application lifecycle management solutions

  • European Microsoft Innovation Center (2 yrs 1 mo)
    • Intern
      2009 - 2010 · 1 yr

      Implementation of Tools and Frameworks for Visual Studio

    • Senior Student Partner
      2008 - 2009 · 1 yr

      Lead team of student partners team in Germany Talks and workshops focused on Microsoft development technology stack to drive technology adoption in academia

  • Intern at RWTH Aachen University
    2005 - 2007 · 2 yrs

    Implementation of E-Learning solutions based on SharePoint 2003/ 2007/ ASP.NET