As Senior Director of the Platform Architecture Team at Microsoft, Simon Guest is responsible for working with customer architects worldwide and providing architectural thought leadership as part of Microsoft's Software + Services strategy.  Simon has 17 years experience in the IT industry, the past 7 of which have been at Microsoft in Redmond.  During his tenure he’s been involved in many architecture-focused initiatives, including customer engagements driving enterprise .NET adoption, leading the area of .NET and J2EE interoperability, and more recently projects that include Microsoft's Architecture Journal and the Microsoft Strategic Architect Forum.

Prior to Microsoft, Simon held architect-level positions in a number of different industries – including Zoho Corporation - a Silicon Valley startup, Conchango - a UK based consultancy, Herbert Smith – a leading law firm in the UK, and several years at GEC in their semiconductor manufacturing division. 

Simon holds a Higher National Certificate in Software Engineering from Plymouth College and a Masters Degree in IT Security from the University of Westminster, London.