Nicolas Schifano
Senior Director and Assistant General Counsel at Microsoft
Among his responsibilities, Nicolas leads Azure IP Advantage, a program designed to protect Microsoft's customers' innovations in the cloud. Nicolas is also responsible for Open Source and IP policy at Microsoft. Prior to that, Nicolas led Microsoft's standards and intellectual property policy engagements, first out of the Microsoft office in Brussels, then at Microsoft's headquarters in the USA. Nicolas is registered with the Washington bar as in-house counsel. He is also a French and European patent attorney. He has an educational background in computer science, electrical engineering, intellectual property, and business laws. Nicolas is a regular speaker at conferences on intellectual property.