About

Heather Grandy

Hey there! My name is Heather Grandy and I currently live in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I’m a Microsoft Certified Trainer with over five years of experience working with Azure Data & AI services. I enjoy working with new clients and sharing my knowledge in this space!

My educational background is in Industrial Engineering and after completing my degree, I accepted an offer at Microsoft in Toronto to work in technical pre-sales for the Azure cloud platform. After two years in Toronto, I relocated to Calgary and continued to work in the same role. I had the amazing opportunity to work with customers in both Ontario and Western Canada across multiple industries to help them develop Data & AI solutions using Azure. During my time in this role as a Cloud Solution Architect, I found I really enjoyed delivering technical Azure workshops which led me to pursue an opportunity as an Azure Technical Trainer at Microsoft. In this position, I delivered technical workshops on various Azure topics, but focused primarily on data engineering and data science.

I left Microsoft to pursue an opportunity in the startup world in April 2021 where I worked in a very cross-functional role as a Customer Success Manager & Data Engineering Specialist at a medical imaging startup. I left that role in June 2022 as I will be returning to school in September 2022 to pursue a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering, focusing on biomechanics. I am also an Adjunct Instructor at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology where I teach Azure and Python programming courses.

Thanks for visiting my website and please get in touch if you’d like me to support your Azure training or projects!

Check out my LinkedIn page via the link below to learn more about my career and experience.