
Charlie Bell
Charlie Bell is Executive Vice President of Microsoft Security. He leads a team of engineers focused on advancing cybersecurity technologies designed to protect the digital systems integral to empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
Bell has more than 40 years of experience developing the foundation of the technology we use every day. He began his career developing software for space shuttles before going on to manage transactional systems at Oracle. In 1996, he founded Server Technologies Group to build e-commerce transaction software. Prior to joining Microsoft, Bell served as senior vice president of Amazon Web Services, where he unified the company’s database, networking, and systems engineering teams to create a decentralized engineering system.
Bell has a bachelor’s degree in business/management information systems from California State University, Fullerton. His leadership is defined by continuous learning, he is deeply curious about quantum mechanics, artificial intelligence, and human evolution, his favorite use of free time is camping anywhere in the vast Pacific Northwest wilderness.