Rory Preddy☕️

Principal AI Advocate at Microsoft

City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

About

Rory Preddy is a Principal Advocate at Microsoft, where he helps professional cloud developers discover and successfully use Microsoft’s platforms. He is a seasoned speaker whose talks are both meaningful and humorous, and he speaks around the world empowering developers to achieve more. Rory has over 27 years of experience in software development, working with various technologies such as Java, AI and Azure. You can follow him on Twitter https://twitter.com/rorypreddy

Experience

  • Microsoft (7 yrs 7 mos)
    • Principal AI Advocate
      Mar 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

    • Senior Cloud Advocate
      Jun 2020 - Mar 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Rory works in the Developer Relations team at Microsoft as a Senior Cloud Advocate for Java. Cloud Advocates use their deep research skills to help professional cloud developers discover and successfully use Microsoft’s platforms. A seasoned speaker whose talks are both meaningful and humorous, Rory speaks around the world empowering developers to achieve more.

    • Audience Developer
      Dec 2018 - Jun 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Research Development Software Developer at BBD
    Oct 2011 - Dec 2018 · 7 yrs 3 mos

    Research, Training and Specialist Consulting

  • Architect at FNB
    Jul 2010 - Oct 2011 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Calypso/Java developer (Contract) at Standard Bank
    2009 - 2010 · 1 yr

  • Director/Architect at Consilium Software CC
    2006 - 2010 · 4 yrs