Neil Sly
Manager - IT Infrastructure Operations
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNeil Sly is an experienced IT infrastructure and cloud leader with nine years in senior roles and a 20+ year technical career that spans networking, SharePoint, and large-scale Azure architectures. Currently managing IT Infrastructure Operations at Acrisure, he previously led cloud services and modern workplace solution efforts as a Principal Cloud Solution Architect and Partner Technical Architect at Microsoft. A Microsoft Certified Trainer and OpenHack Coach, Neil combines deep hands-on technical expertise with customer-facing evangelism—building workshops, virtual immersions, and partner enablement programs that have been translated into multiple languages. He’s known for turning complex migrations and security/compliance challenges into repeatable offerings and has a history of saving costs through cloud networking and migration strategies. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he blends operational leadership with a passion for community education and facilitator-driven change.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Indiana University BloomingtonPortage High School
Github Skills (7)
virtual-desktop10
windows9
commercial6
scale4
microsoft2
business-application1
migration1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
neilsly/AzureFunWorkshop
Mar 2021 - Mar 2021
Contributions:8 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
neilsly/neilsly.github.io
Aug 2017 - Jul 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 25 pushes, 2 branches in 8 years
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