Yuri Baijnath
Cloud & AI CSU Leader at Microsoft
Gauteng, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolYuri Baijnath is a seasoned Cloud and AI leader with two decades of IT experience who now heads Microsoft’s Cloud & AI Customer Success Unit, specializing in data, analytics, AI and application modernization for large enterprise customers. He combines deep technical expertise in cloud architectures, AI readiness and data estates with a strong track record of building and coaching high‑performing CSA pods to deliver production‑ready, secure and cost‑efficient solutions at scale. Yuri is skilled at translating executive strategy into measurable consumption and value realization plans, acting as an architecture quality gate and trusted advisor for mission‑critical workloads. His background spans public sector enterprise architecture and hands‑on solutions delivery for financial services and telecoms, giving him rare fluency across governance, operations and innovation. A lifelong learner with a master’s in information systems and executive leadership training, he balances technical intensity with people development and partner orchestration to accelerate cloud adoption. Off the clock he embraces his “part‑time g33k, full‑time n3rd” persona, reflecting a hands‑on curiosity that keeps him close to emerging tools and practices.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Information Systems, Master’s Degree, Information Systems at University of KwaZulu-NatalPOSTGRADUATE SHORT LEARNING PROGRAMME IN EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP, Organizational Leadership, POSTGRADUATE SHORT LEARNING PROGRAMME IN EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP, Organizational Leadership at North-West University / Noordwes-UniversiteitBachelor’s Degree, Information Technology, Bachelor’s Degree, Information Technology at Durban University of TechnologyMatic Exemption, Matric, Matic Exemption, Matric at Merebank Secondary
English
Github Skills (5)
azure10
microsoft10
documentation10
architecture10
microsoft-azure8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
splitfinity/za_AzureAdventureDay
Jan 2022 - Jan 2022
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
splitfinity/architecture-center
Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
Azure Architecture Center
Contributions:6 pushes in 18 days
centerazure-functionscosmos-dbazureazure-architecture-center
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