Francis Michael Cicalese

Francis Michael Cicalese serves as the Technical Cloud Alliance Manager at QSC since December 2023. Prior experience includes a role as Partner Technology Strategist - Solution Area Lead - Azure Open AI at Microsoft from March 2019 to September 2023. Cicalese has an extensive background at Cisco, holding positions such as Technical Leader Engineering - Azure Stack, Technical Solutions Architect - Cisco Tetration Analytics, and Technical Solution Architect - Microsoft SME - Cisco Unified Computing System from April 2010 to March 2019. Previous roles at Microsoft from July 2000 to April 2010 include Principal Technology Specialist. Earlier career highlights include working as a Systems Engineer & Developer at StrataSys Corporation and a Windows NT Systems Analyst at First Marketing Company, as well as serving as an Elementary School Teacher at The Academy at Ocean Reef, where computer and music curricula for pre-K through 6th grade were authored and taught. Francis Michael Cicalese holds a degree from Northern Arizona University, earned between 1982 and 1986.