Azure for Executives The Current State and the Future of Manufacturing with Çağlayan Arkan
Çağlayan Arkan, Microsoft’s Vice President and Global Sales Lead for the Manufacturing Industry at Microsoft, joins in this episode to talk about how Microsoft is engaging manufacturing and the supply chain. The discussion covers the current situation for manufacturers during in the current COVID-19 pandemic and how Microsoft is reaching out to customers and partners.
Further, Diego Tamburini, Principal Industry Lead in Azure for Manufacturing joins in to dive deeper on Microsoft’s partner ecosystem and how companies can join in that conversation.
Other topics covered include current and emerging trends and technology for the following pillars:
- Workforce transformation
- Engaging customers in new ways
- Building more agile factories
- Creating more resilient Supply chains
- Unlocking innovation and delivering new services
Show Links
The Future Computed: AI in manufacturing
Manufacturing Industry site: COVID Webinar series links
Microsoft Industry Digital Forum: Re-FACTORY-ing Stories and Solutions Enabling Agile Production
Guests
Çağlayan Arkan
Vice President, Global Sales Lead, Manufacturing Industry at Microsoft
As Vice President, Manufacturing Industry at Microsoft, Çağlayan Arkan is responsible for managing the digital transformation for manufacturing companies across high-tech and electronics, industrial equipment, aerospace, and chemicals/agrochemicals globally, as well as guiding growth and compete strategies for Microsoft in these verticals worldwide.
Çağlayan is passionate about empowering customers to position themselves as first movers or fast followers in today’s disruptive era. By supporting organizations with new technology-led capabilities, strategies and insights that will fundamentally reinvent their products, services and business models, Çağlayan and his team are helping businesses drive sustained growth, agile innovation and operational excellence.
Prior to his current role, Çağlayan held several leadership roles at Microsoft and Siemens, successfully spearheading new strategic growth, market penetration and business development initiatives
- Blog
- Twitter: @Caglayan_Arkan
Diego Tamburini
Principal Industry Lead - Azure for Manufacturing
Diego builds the best ecosystem of software partners developing manufacturing solutions on Azure and helping them be successful.
- Twitter: @DiegoTamburini