Keith Boyd
Director of Structured Learning Programs
Microsoft
Keith Boyd is a 17 year veteran of Microsoft Corporation, where he currently serves as the Director of Structured Learning Programs in the new Learning and Readiness organization. He joined the Learning Experiences team in 2015 to lead Microsoft’s Online Learning strategy. In that role, he was a member of the team that conceived of the Microsoft Professional Program – a role-based certification program to help fill the technical skills gap using emerging technology like MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses). He subsequently became the leader of this new business, which in its first six-months has attracted 50,000 students to its curriculum on Data Science. There are 15 additional curriculum in development. Prior to joining the Learning Experiences team, he managed technical documentation and samples for developers in both the Windows and Cloud and Enterprise divisions.