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.
Browse talks, interviews and community sessions. Where available, recordings and slides are included so the ideas can keep travelling after the event.
2026
NGM Group Innovate for Impact / Newcastle, Australia
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.
2026
Global Azure / Melbourne Azure Nights
Policy as Code with Microsoft Foundry Agents
How specialised AI agents can automate post-deployment testing and reporting in a Policy-as-Code flow.
2024
Global Azure / Microsoft Reactor Sydney
GitHub Copilot on Azure Policies
A practical look at where an AI assistant can help with Azure Policy development, from authoring through live demonstrations and Q&A.
2022
Microsoft Reactor Sydney / Sydney, Australia
Authoring Custom Azure Policy Definitions
A hands-on session covering custom policy structure, live authoring and the practical decisions behind maintainable definitions.
2022
Microsoft Reactor Sydney / Sydney, Australia
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.
2021
Ctrl+Alt+Azure / Podcast episode 109
Managing Azure Policy as Code with Bicep
A conversation about the practical patterns, tradeoffs and lessons learned from managing Azure governance as code.
2021
2021
2021
2021
Global Azure / Online community event
Policy as Code with Bicep for Enterprise Scale
Designing a Policy-as-Code approach for consistent governance across an enterprise Azure estate.
2021
HashiTalks ANZ / HashiCorp community event
DRY Coding with Terraform, CSVs and for_each
Using Terraform data structures and for_each to create simpler, reusable infrastructure code.
Planning an event?
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For speaking enquiries, session topics or community collaborations, connect with me through Sessionize or LinkedIn.