James Croft
Empowering ISVs & Digital Natives to succeed on Azure - Cloud Customer Engineer at Microsoft
Leeds, United Kingdom
With over 15 years of experience in software development and 10 years in consulting, I have a passion for delivering innovative, technical solutions that create value and impact for the businesses of customers and partners I work with. My mission is to demystify the challenges and opportunities of digital innovation, and to inspire and empower others to embrace technology as a force for good.
My current core focus areas include:
- AI & Machine Learning, including generative AI and custom model development
- Cloud-Native, including scalable, containerized apps on Azure
- SaaS, including multi-tenant, managed services
I have been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) from 2015-2024, and I am an active contributor to the technical community worldwide. I share my knowledge and insights through open-source projects, books, articles, podcasts, and speaking engagements. I enjoy mentoring and guiding developers through their careers and collaborating with other experts and thought leaders in the fields of AI, cloud, and data.
I have experience architecting and developing solutions for the following industries:
- Education
- Customer service
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Public service (Policing, Fire)
- Government
- Health & social care
- Property
Awards
Area of Expertise
Topics
Boosting Employee Productivity: Unleashing the Power of Large Language Models and Knowledge Bases
In today's information-driven world, organizations face an ongoing challenge of efficiently harnessing their vast knowledge bases while empowering their employees to work smarter and more productively. This session delves into the transformative interaction that arises from combining large language models, such as OpenAI's GPT, with organizations' knowledge, enabling them to supercharge employee productivity.
You will discover how organizations are integrating LLMs with their knowledge bases, enabling collaboration and knowledge sharing, revealing how they enhance team dynamics by tapping into collective intelligence.
You'll leave this session with insights that enable you to navigate the possibilities of optimizing your own organizational efficiencies with AI, catapulting your employee productivity to new heights.
Harnessing Copilot for Technical Writing
Unleash the power of Copilot to transform your technical writing skills!
The role of Large Language Models in reshaping content generation is immensely transformative, empowering everyone to work smarter and more productively. This session provides insights into the challenges faced in technical content creation, and how tools like Copilot can help overcome them.
You will discover effective prompting techniques that can assist in every phase of content creation, from ideation to writing, to editing and reviewing.
This session will provide you with the knowledge to apply and customize prompts in your writing process, to enable you to efficiently create your next article or guide.
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