Patrick Graff

Sr. Service Engineer in Software Licensing Service
Microsoft

Patrick Graff is a 23-year veteran at Microsoft and is the Senior Service Engineer responsible for the direction of the internal Software Asset Management program called Software Licensing Service. This program incorporates the key process areas of Governance and license management across the organization. He has a key role in the Digital Transformation journey Microsoft is taking in how to manage Software in this emerging industrial revolution of cloud computing. Patrick has spent 15 years as the Software Asset Manager building out both the Procurement processes and the technology required to successfully manage the optimization and risk mitigation requirements of on-prem and SaaS based software licensing, with a strong emphasis on governance. Patrick has spent the last two years changing those with a fixed mindset to those with a growth mindset.