Alexander Meijers

Alexander Meijers is a professional who inspires, motivates, and supports others and helps them to innovate. His goal is to help organizations achieve more by creating, improving, and working smarter, with the aim of shortening business processes and improving the environment for employees.

As global XR technology lead and Microsoft Windows MVP for mixed reality, working for Avanade, he understands business issues and translates them into logical solutions using technology. Additionally, he supports companies in applying emerging experiences during their digital transition journey.

He works with technologies such as virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, in combination with cloud services including mixed reality services, Azure Digital Twins, and IoT, from the Microsoft Azure platform, Office 365, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365.

His primary focus is manufacturing, utilities, and the engineering and construction sector. However, he certainly does not stay away from other sectors.

He engages in speaking, writing books, blogging, and is an organizer of local and global events such as the Mixed Reality User Group in the Netherlands, and Global XR Talks and the Global XR Conference, both part of the GlobalXR.Community.

In the last few months, he has designed and implemented a solution. Data is collected from IoT and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Field Service. An Azure Digital Twins service is built up dynamically by using Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus, and Logic Apps. A 3D visual is generated by using Microsoft HoloLens 2 as an augmentation device.

Since January 2018, he has been a Windows Development MVP for the Mixed Reality category.