Summary
Michael Fross is a seasoned cloud and infrastructure leader with 14+ years driving Accenture’s internal IT transformation from datacenter to platform-based public cloud. As Senior Manager and Intelligent Cloud Management/Tools Lead, he builds analytics-driven tooling and automation that expose application performance, sustainability, and enable data-driven CIO decisions across thousands of workloads. He combines hands-on engineering roots with large-scale operations experience—leading global teams (hundreds strong) that deliver IaaS/PaaS, security compliance, and self-service automation while meeting financial and SLA targets. Michael’s work helped accelerate Accenture to ~95% virtualized/internal cloud adoption and a major migration to AWS/Azure, shifting focus toward PaaS and serverless. Pragmatic and people-focused, he treats infrastructure as a strategic business asset and mentors teams to turn complex IT into measurable competitive advantage. Outside of management he still writes simple, useful tooling and shares it publicly on GitHub, reflecting a continual builder mindset.
14 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
BS, With Distinction, Computer Integrated Manufacturing Technology, 3.53/4.0, Deans List, BS, With Distinction, Computer Integrated Manufacturing Technology, 3.53/4.0, Deans List at Purdue University