Damien started at Microsoft in 1997 as European Premier Support on messaging and has been involved since then with Information Technologies. In 2002 Damien moved to a position in Microsoft Services to help the premier customers run their IT environments and took over a Technical Evangelist position based in France in 2007. During this time, Damien has been the owner of the Unified Communications track at TechEd Europe. In 2012 he decided to extend his area of influence and moved to a European role covering Central and Eastern Europe. Today his goal is to help and accelerate the adoption of the new technologies from Microsoft. He is passionate about new technologies, including Windows Server, System Center and Office 365 from the IT Pros and Developers perspectives.