Fazal Raza is a Principal Cloud Solutions Architect at Microsoft, specializing in Azure infrastructure solutions for the financial services sector in New York City since May 2008. Previously, Fazal served as a Senior Consultant at BlackRock and a Senior System Engineer at TIBCO. With a strong background in architecting and deploying Private and Hybrid Cloud solutions as a Senior Premier Field Engineer, Fazal has provided guidance to numerous Microsoft Premier Customers across the USA. Fazal holds a Master’s Degree in Management Information Systems from Sikkim Manipal University, obtained through distance education from 2003 to 2005.