Erik Weis

Erik Weis is a Principal PM Manager at Microsoft, where responsibilities include growing technical skilling assets through enterprise-scale program management while leading dedicated teams to optimize results. With extensive experience as Director of Developer Advocacy, Erik managed a diverse team focused on engaging the global professional developer community and creating engagement frameworks for various technical scenarios tied to the Azure platform, including IoT, Containers, and Serverless computing. Erik also led a PM team delivering structured evangelism programs for professional developers and held strategic ownership of Microsoft's Tier 1 Developer and IT Professional events. Prior roles include Senior Technical Evangelist, overseeing early adoption programs for pre-release technologies, and Director of IT Audience Evangelism, promoting global initiatives to modernize datacenters. Erik holds a degree in Communications from the University of Washington.