About
Taylor is a Senior Technical Program Manager on Microsoft’s Azure Space team focused on building digital infrastructure for planet Earth. He is currently the lead Program Manager for Microsoft’s Planetary Computer, an open, cross-domain geospatial data platform for transforming the way we measure, monitor, model, and manage Earth’s natural systems.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Taylor worked with a broad range of organizations including the United Nations, University of Oxford, Stanford University, and numerous national governments to develop analytic solutions focused on issues ranging from disaster management to polio eradication. Taylor also recently taught graduate courses focused on data visualization as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.
Taylor received his Master of Science in Analytics from the Institute for Advanced Analytics at NC State. He also holds a B.A. in Diplomacy & World Affairs and Economics from Occidental College.
