Taylor is a Senior Technical Program Manager at Microsoft focused on building digital infrastructure for planet Earth. He is currently Program Manager for Microsoft’s Planetary Computer, an open, cross-domain geospatial data platform for transforming the way we measure, monitor, and model Earth’s natural systems.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Taylor worked with a broad range of organizations including the United Nations, University of Oxford, Stanford University, and numerous national governments to develop analytic solutions focused on issues ranging from disaster management to polio eradication. Taylor also recently taught graduate courses focused on data visualization as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.