Elyse Ge Hylander is a technology executive shaping the future of mission-critical cloud infrastructure at Microsoft Azure. Since 2021, she has led the memory-optimized M series platform, the foundation for business-critical enterprise workloads such as SAP and Epic, delivering reliability and performance at hyperscale. She spearheaded a transformation that enhanced platform reliability, capacity efficiency, and portfolio profitability, while architecting Azure’s next-generation resilient compute infrastructure.

Since joining Microsoft in 2017, Elyse has guided Azure’s hardware strategy across General Purpose, HPC, Gaming, M365, and Edge Compute, ensuring platform innovation aligns with enterprise transformation.

Before Microsoft, she held global leadership roles at CommScope and Hewlett Packard, managing product portfolios and pioneering next-generation connectivity solutions. A recipient of Microsoft’s Aspiring Women Engineers Award, Elyse is committed to empowering women in technology and advancing the cloud platforms that power the world’s most critical systems.