Chris Miller, Avanade

Chris Miller is Avanade’s Chief Technology Innovation Officer, responsible for Avanade’s technology innovation and incubation function worldwide. As CTIO, he is responsible for leading Avanade’s client-centric innovation agenda, developing and communicating the company’s technology vision both internally and externally, and for supporting all aspects of the company's technology development. Previously, Chris was Chief Information Officer, responsible for the technology capabilities that power the company’s people and operations worldwide.

Chris is a trusted advisor both inside and outside the company. Chris and his team work closely with Microsoft to maintain Avanade’s role as an aggressive early adopter of Microsoft enterprise technologies. He regularly shares first-hand experience and insights about deployments with clients to help them optimize their own operations.

Chris joined Avanade after 16 years at Accenture, where he served as a senior director for Accenture’s Collaboration 2.0 program. In this role, he oversaw a multi-year initiative to enable 180,000 global employees with next-generation collaboration capabilities.