As Corporate Vice President for Microsoft’s Energy & Resources Industry, Darryl Willis leads digital transformation across the energy value chain - driving innovation and forging strategic partnerships to meet today’s needs while shaping the energy systems of tomorrow. 

His team works with organizations worldwide to harness cloud and AI technologies to improve safety, efficiency, and resilience, accelerate net-zero goals, and empower the workforce for a new energy era.

Committed to advancing a sustainable future with equitable access for all, Darryl brings technical expertise and strategic vision to the industry’s most pressing challenges. 

Before joining Microsoft, he served as Vice President of Oil, Gas & Energy at Google Cloud; President and CEO of bp Angola; Head of Deepwater Horizon claims for bp; and Senior Vice President of Subsurface at bp.

Darryl serves on several boards and councils, including the American Bureau of Shipping, OpenMinds Coalition, Smart Electric Power Alliance, and the University of Houston Energy Transition Institute. 

Darryl holds an MS in Business from Stanford Graduate School of Business, an MS in Geology and Geophysics from the University of New Orleans, and a BS in Chemistry and Literature from Northwestern State University of Louisiana.