Cloud governance
Policy as Code, security guardrails and operating models that help teams move quickly with confidence.
Speaker · Architect · Community advocate
Ideas worth sharing.
Patterns worth taking home.
I speak about the practical side of cloud and AI transformation: how to build platforms that are secure, governed and useful to the teams who operate them.
JESSE LOUDON
SPEAKER
10+community talks
and appearances
and appearances
2021-23Microsoft Azure
MVP recognition
MVP recognition
Australiameetups, events
and podcasts
and podcasts
What I bring to the room
Practical expertise, not platform theatre.
Azure platforms
Landing zones, enterprise networking, migration and modernisation patterns grounded in delivery experience.
AI-assisted engineering
Practical ways to apply agents and copilots to development, testing and platform operations.
Selected appearances
From the stage, the stream and the studio.
Here are talks, podcasts and community sessions I've been part of. Where available, I've included the recording, slides or a related article.
NGM Group Innovate for Impact / Newcastle, Australia / 2026
Critical Thinking in the Age of AI
A lightning talk on responsible AI adoption, human judgement and governance, alongside coaching teams building solutions for three local charities during a two-day hackathon.
Global Azure / Melbourne Azure Nights / 2026
Policy as Code with Microsoft Foundry Agents
How specialised AI agents can automate post-deployment testing and reporting in a Policy-as-Code flow.
The Tech'o'Space Podcast / Episode 32 / 2025
Azure, DevOps & Security: A Leader's Journey
A podcast conversation about leadership across Azure, DevOps and security.
Jesse Loudon YouTube / Channel video / 2025
How to Effectively Govern Azure Tags using Azure Policy (Demo)
A demonstration of using Azure Policy to govern Azure tags.
Global Azure / Microsoft Reactor Sydney / 2024
Roadtesting GitHub Copilot on Azure Policies
A practical look at where an AI assistant can help with Azure Policy development, demonstrations and Q&A.
Microsoft Reactor Sydney / Sydney, Australia / 2022
Authoring Custom Azure Policy Definitions
A hands-on session covering custom policy structure, live authoring and maintainable definitions.
Microsoft Reactor Sydney / Sydney, Australia / 2022
Flexing Your Security Governance with Azure Policy As Code
Using Azure Bicep to build a security-focused Policy-as-Code approach that scales beyond a single subscription.
Bicep Builders / Community session / 2022
Azure Sentinel and policy as code with Jesse Loudon and Casey Mullineaux
Jesse Loudon and Casey Mullineaux discuss Azure Sentinel and Policy as Code.
Ctrl+Alt+Azure / Podcast episode 109 / 2021
Managing Azure Policy as Code with Bicep
A conversation about the practical patterns, tradeoffs and lessons learned from managing Azure governance as code.
Global Azure / Online community event / 2021
Policy as Code with Bicep for Enterprise Scale
Designing a Policy-as-Code approach for consistent governance across an enterprise Azure estate.
HashiTalks ANZ / HashiCorp community event / 2021
DRY Coding with Terraform CSVs for_each
Using Terraform data structures and for_each to create simpler, reusable infrastructure code.
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