Jonathan Ferreira
Risk Management Director
Microsoft
United States
Risk Management Director
Microsoft
United States
Jonathan Ferreira is a global risk leader who enables multi-billion-dollar capital programs to deliver with confidence, speed, and control. With over 20 years of experience across mining, energy, public infrastructure and digital infrastructure, he specializes in turning uncertainty into measurable business advantage.
As the Risk Management Director – Data Centre Delivery at Microsoft, Jonathan leads the EPC Risk Management portfolio across AMERS, EMEA, and APAC, directly supporting the delivery of hyperscale data centre programs. He drives risk-informed decision making that protects schedule commitments, optimizes capital deployment, and strengthens delivery certainty at scale.
His core strength lies in integrating risk, cost, and schedule into a single decision framework, enabling executives to make faster, better-informed trade-offs. He builds high performing teams, implements scalable governance, and leverages digital platforms to deliver real time portfolio insights.
Jonathan’s focus is: de-risk delivery, unlock performance, and ensure capital projects land when and how they are meant to.
To connect with Jonathan, visit his LinkedIn profile.
As capital programs reach unprecedented scale and complexity, the demands on project controls have never been greater. Owner organizations and EPCs are reimagining how governance, integration, and performance management come together to deliver multi-billion-dollar programs successfully.
This panel brings together industry leaders from both owner and contractor perspectives to share how they’re elevating project controls practices for large capital programs. The panelists will discuss enterprise-wide scheduling frameworks, integrated approaches to cost and risk management, robust governance structures, and strategies for aligning project controls with strategic program objectives.
Join us for an in-depth conversation on how modern project controls are evolving to meet the challenges of scale, complexity, and stakeholder expectations in today’s most ambitious capital programs.
You’ve been through it before: another system implementation promising to transform your project controls workflow. Months of setup, training sessions, data migration headaches—and then six months after go-live, you’re still fighting the tool instead of using it. Sound familiar?
This interactive panel brings together experienced practitioners who have navigated multiple technology implementations across project management and cost controls. In a casual, discussion-driven format, you’ll explore the full lifecycle of tech enablement—from system selection and implementation to post go-live optimization and long-term value realization. Panelists and audience members will share real-world insights into why implementations often fall short, highlighting common pitfalls, lessons learned, and what actually works when rolling out new platforms.
The conversation will then shift to the evolving role of AI—both as a tool to improve implementation success and as a core capability embedded within modern platforms. You’ll hear perspectives on how AI and emerging technologies are reshaping what it means to be a Project Controls Professional, and why forums like the Project Controls Summit matter more than ever for sharing knowledge and navigating this rapidly changing landscape together.
Here’s what you’ll gain by attending this session:
Presentation Category: New Tools/Technologies
Competency Level: All Levels