SIMON FLOYD
EXECUTIVE INSIGHT
Simon Floyd is the General Manager for Manufacturing and Mobility Industries for the Americas at Microsoft , leading an advisory team that works with top customers across the US , Canada and Latin America .
A former Director of Global Manufacturing Industries at Google Cloud , Simon is a manufacturing expert with a vital perspective on emerging technologies and a rich personal and professional history in the industry .
Here , he shares his expertise on performance monitoring solutions for industry , reflecting on the industry ’ s future , his role at Microsoft and his passion for manufacturing .
Q . HOW HAVE YOU COME TO WORK AT MICROSOFT IN SUCH A MANUFACTURING-FOCUSED ROLE ?
» You could say that I was born into manufacturing . My parents were both owners of small businesses with a backbone in the sector .
My father made children ’ s furniture , my mother made children ’ s toys and together they co-owned a directto-customer retail business . My grandparents on my father ’ s side also made children ’ s toys and sold them through specialty retailers . We lived above our factory and retail store , so I grew up with the manufacturing value chain and experienced it firsthand .
My grandfather on my mother ’ s side was also one of the original inventors of plastic processing , specifically a plastic called Bakelite using a method called
SIMON FLOYD
TITLE : GENERAL MANAGER FOR MANUFACTURING AND MOBILITY INDUSTRIES FOR THE AMERICAS
COMPANY : MICROSOFT
Simon Floyd is General Manager for Manufacturing and Mobility Industries , Americas , at Microsoft . He leads digital transformation initiatives , driving innovation , efficiency , and sustainability across the manufacturing and mobility sectors .
58 January 2025