Interview with Olivia Nelson - Queen of Marketing Nerds 
[MP4] [0:18:14] [2018/07/17]Join Olivia Nelson, a (relatively) new marketing hire at Microsoft who works on Surface product launches. She discusses Microsoft's ACE Rotation program, music, and how she realized her passion for…
Interview with Paige Bailey, Senior Cloud Developer Advocate
[MP4] [0:28:24] [2018/07/11]In this episode of GALs, Christina Warren interviews Paige Bailey, a Senior Cloud Developer Advocate working on machine learning and artificial intelligence for Azure. Paige discusses the magic of…
Interview with Kelly Anderson, Product Marketing Manager, Azure Security
[MP4] [0:26:06] [2018/06/06]Golnaz sits down with Product Marketing Manager of Azure Security, Kelly Anderson. She talks about her experiences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, her time in the field, and how…
Interview with Urja Gandhi, Software Engineer, Expedia
[MP4] [0:19:09] [2018/05/22]Golnaz sits down with Urja Gandhi, Software Engineer at Expedia. Urja started off her career at AT&T working in India then moved to the U.S and started working at Microsoft and has since…
Interview with Rita Zhang, Principal Software Engineer
[MP4] [0:21:39] [2018/03/14]In this episode of GALs, filmed at the Microsoft Reactor space in San Francisco, Christina interviews Rita Zhang, a principal software engineer in CSE at Microsoft. Rita had just come off a technical…
Interview with Lauren Tran, Software Engineer Focused on Machine Learning
[MP4] [0:18:37] [2018/03/07]In this episode of GALs, we visit the Microsoft Reactor Space in San Francisco to interview Lauren Tran, a machine learning and artificial intelligence-focused software engineer in Microsoft…
Interview with Beth Massi, Product Marketing Manager for the .NET Platform
[MP4] [0:23:52] [2018/03/07]As the Product Marketing Manager for the .NET Platform Beth is responsible for growing .NET, attracting new users, and helping our customers understand & use .NET so they can build amazing…
Interview With Ruth Yakubu, Cloud Developer Advocate in Java and AI
[MP4] [0:35:59] [2018/02/24]Christina interviews Ruth Yakubu, a CDA focused on Java, AI, and cloud analytics. In this one-on-one interview, Ruth shares how she became interested in tech, and the career path that led her to…
Interview With Beatris Mendez Gandica, Program Manager at Microsoft
[MP4] [0:16:38] [2018/02/14]Get to know Beatris Mendez Gandica ("Bea") during this one-on-one interview where she shares her path to Microsoft, current role, and passion for diversity and inclusion! Bea has had an…
Interview with Peggy Johnson, Executive VP of Business Development
[MP4] [0:44:49] [2018/01/31]As executive vice president of business development, Peggy Johnson is responsible for driving strategic partnerships and transactions to accelerate growth for Microsoft and its customers. Johnson…
Interview with Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Chief Accessibility Officer, Microsoft
[MP4] [0:30:51] [2018/01/17]Kaitlin talks with Microsoft's Chief Accessibility Officer, Jenny Lay-Flurrie. They discuss her journey from Birmingham, England working at Energis to relocating to the United States and helping…
Interview with Jasmine Greenaway, Cloud Developer Advocate on .NET
[MP4] [0:29:22] [2018/01/03]Jasmine Greenaway is a Cloud Developer Advocate in the Microsoft Azure Organization. She spends her days presenting at conferences and helping our product teams make .NET the best developer platform…
Interview with Harini Gupta, Senior Program Manager at Microsoft
[MP4] [0:20:23] [2017/12/13]In this episode of GALs, Soumouw interviews Harini Gupta, Senior Program Manager at Microsoft. Harini has been working at Microsoft for 11 years with plenty of experience in developing and shipping…
Interview with Cierra McDonald, Senior Program Manager on the Xbox Advanced Technology Group
[MP4] [0:23:25] [2017/12/06]In this episode of GALs, Golnaz sits down with the amazing Cierra McDonald to discuss her career at Microsoft. Cierra has been within the Xbox organization for 9 years. She has worked in every aspect…
Interview with Rachel Nabors, Author and Program Manager at Microsoft
[MP4] [0:25:15] [2017/11/29]Soumow sits with Rachel Nabors, Program Manager at Microsoft. Rachel Nabors (rachelnabors.com) began telling stories online as a teenager with her award-winning web comics (rachelthegreat.com). Her…
Interview With Kris Nova, Cloud Developer Advocate in Linux and Containers
[MP4] [0:18:48] [2017/11/15]In this episode of GALs, Golnaz sits down with Kris Nova to learn more about the girl behind the code. Kris Nova has been involved with free and open source software since hacking her parents computer…
Interview with Ashley McNamara, Principal Developer Advocate at Microsoft
[MP4] [0:16:27] [2017/11/14]In this episode of GALs, Golnaz chats with Ashley McNamara, a Principal Developer Advocate at Microsoft. Ashley has been in the tech industry for almost 20 years. But not in the traditional sense. She…
Interview with Sumit Chauhan, Corporate Vice President, Office Organization
[MP4] [0:24:45] [2017/11/08]Sumit heads up the engineering for Microsoft's flagship Office products: Word and PowerPoint across all platforms. She is also responsible for new and upcoming investments in the authoring and…
Interview with Ross Smith, Director Skype for Good
[MP4] [0:15:52] [2017/11/01]Soumow sits with Ross Smith, Director Skype for Good. Ross is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and blogger. Author of The Practical Guide to Defect Prevention and holds seven patents.He has…
Interview with Beth Pan Software Engineer on the MVA Team
[MP4] [0:28:05] [2017/09/25]Beth Pan is a Software Engineer and Content Producer for Microsoft Learning. She was a software engineer at Nationwide Insurance before her life at Microsoft started and graduated from Ohio State…
Interview With Vidya Srinivasan, Engineer Singer and Speaker
[MP4] [0:32:31] [2017/09/12]Vidya Srinivasan is a Program Manager at Microsoft working on SharePoint and Office 365- the most popular content collaboration and productivity suite in the world. She holds a Bachelors and Master's…
Meet Lili Cheng, Vice President, Artificial Intelligence and Research
[MP4] [0:31:00] [2017/09/08]Lili Cheng is responsible for Microsoft's AI Developer services such as Bot Framework and Cognitive Services Within Microsoft, Cheng has diverse talent. She founded the Social Computing Group in…
Interview with Irina Frumkin, Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
[MP4] [0:29:00] [2017/08/29]Irina has been with Microsoft for over 14 years working on a wide gamut of products including MSN Mobile, Photography, Social experiences, Xbox Live services, Bing and Windows. Irina has developed…
Interview with Maira Wenzel, Senior Content Developer on the .NET Team
[MP4] [0:20:54] [2017/08/21]Maira Wenzel is a senior content developer on the .NET team. She is the content lead for .NET Core and .NET Framework documentation and she runs one of Microsoft's open source projects at…
Interview with Ginger Reinauer, UX designer at Expeditors 
[MP4] [0:25:35] [2017/08/07]Ginger is into anything and everything. By day, she works as a UX Designer in the emerald city of Seattle, but when night rolls around she lets her creativity loose on the world and frolics in the…
Interview with Tara Roth, Corporate Vice President, Office Customer Success Engineering at Microsoft
[MP4] [0:22:40] [2017/07/12]Soumow meets with Tara Roth, the Corporate Vice President of the Customer Success Engineering group, within the Office Product Group Organization. Improving the customer experience is Tara's top…
Interview with Joy Chik, Corporate Vice President for the Identity Division at Microsoft
[MP4] [0:41:28] [2017/06/27]Soumow sits with Joy Chik, Corporate Vice President for the Identity Division in Microsoft's Cloud + Enterprise group. Joy's team is responsible for Active Directory, Azure Active Directory,…
Interview with Cindy Alvarez, Author and Design Researcher at Microsoft
[MP4] [0:27:34] [2017/06/16]After 15 years working in startups across a variety of product roles, Cindy Alvarez is now a principal design researcher in the Cloud & Enterprise division at Microsoft. She's the author of Lean…
Interview with Natallia Dzenisenka
[MP4] [0:22:52] [2017/06/05]In this episode, Kaitlin sits down with Natallia Dzenisenka, a young Software Architect. Natallia shares her story and tells young people how to achieve professional success…
Interview with Charlotte Yarkoni, Corporate Vice President Growth and Ecosystem at Microsoft
[MP4] [0:44:25] [2017/05/26]In this episode, Soumow sits with Charlotte Yarkoni, Corporate Vice President of the newly created Growth and Ecosystem division at Microsoft. Charlotte talks about growth and adoption of Azure and…
Cloud Gal: Maoni Stephens (Ep. 2)
[MP4] [0:34:33] [2017/05/19]In the second episode of Cloud Gal, we talk to Maoni Stephens, main Garbage Collector (GC) developer of .NET. Maoni explains her work on the Garbage Collector, an automatic memory manager, and…
Interview with Audrey Colle, Engineering Manager at Microsoft
[MP4] [0:40:29] [2017/05/17]Audrey Colle just celebrated 17 years at Microsoft. She worked in many business units from speech recognition, communication APIs, Bing ranking, Advertising platform, Data Group and is now an…
Interview with Julia Liuson, Corporate Vice President of Visual Studio and .NET
[MP4] [0:45:04] [2017/05/04]In this episode, Soumow sits with Julia Liuson, Corporate Vice President of Visual Studio and .NET, as she talks about Visual Studio, culture, her career journey and the different challenges she faced…
Interview with Maria Naggaga, Program Manager on the .NET Team
[MP4] [0:54:10] [2017/04/26]In this episode, Golnaz sits down with the amazing Maria Naggaga, a Program Manager on the .NET team who loves to draw Afros at http://ladynaggaga.tumblr.com and help the younger dev generation use…
Interview with Kasey Champion, Software Engineer and CS teacher
[MP4] [0:24:09] [2017/04/12]In this episode, Soumow sits with Kasey Champion, a passionate Software Engineer at Microsoft and a Computer Science teacher in Seattle. Kasey on social media : InstagramMedium Follow @techie4good …
Interview with Laura Butler, Microsoft Vice President Star Treknical Goddess
[MP4] [0:49:16] [2017/04/05]In this episode, Soumow sits with Laura Butler the one and only Star Treknical Goddess, the first female Technical Fellow at Microsoft and currently the Vice President of OneNote.She specializes in…
Cloud Gal: Oana Platon (Ep. 1)
[MP4] [2017/04/04]In the pilot episode of Cloud Gal, we talk to Oana Platon, Principal Developer in Azure Service Fabric. Oana shares her technical history, her technical passions, role models, work/life balance and…
Interview with Melissa Sassi CEO & Founder of MentorNations
[MP4] [0:36:02] [2017/03/23]In this episode, Soumow sits down and chat with Melissa Sassi, CEO & Founder of MentorNations, a community of volunteers who believe digital literacy is a human right. Melissa also works at…
Interview with Kasey Uhlenhuth
[MP4] [0:20:34] [2017/02/28]Golnaz hung out with Roslyn's Program Manager and member of the C#/VB team, Kasey Uhlenhuth! This Kentucky gal talks about her interests within the industry, her aspirations outside of tech, and where…
Interview with Katie Stone Perez
[MP4] [0:27:30] [2016/12/07]Golnaz and Kaitlin had the chance to sit down with ID@Xbox's Senior Program Manager, Katie Stone Perez (and host of Channel 9's Level Up show)! Katie has worked in gaming for fifteen years. In this…
Interview with Kendra Havens
[MP4] [0:20:35] [2016/10/14]Golnaz and Kaitlin had the chance to sit down with the .NET team's newest member, Kendra Havens. Kendra Havens is a recent graduate of the University of Oklahoma. Learn more about how she started at…
Interview with Kathleen Hogan
[MP4] [0:30:28] [2016/07/22]In this episode, Golnaz and Crystal sit down and chat with Kathleen Hogan, Chief People Officer at Microsoft. As the executive vice president of Human Resources at Microsoft, Kathleen Hogan is…
Interview with Monique Tallon
[MP4] [0:31:05] [2016/06/21]In this episode, Golnaz and Kaitlin sit down and chat with Monique Tallon, CEO of Highest Path Consulting, an international executive coaching and training company developing 21st century leaders.…
Celebrating Women In Startups
[MP4] [0:02:45] [2016/03/08]As Microsoft Accelerator works with startups around the world, we wanted to celebrate International Women's Day by highlighting some of our female founders. We spoke to women from across the world and…
Interview with Crystal Thune
[MP4] [0:39:31] [2016/03/01]In this episode, Golnaz and Kaitlin sit down and chat with Crystal Thune, an Audience Evangelism Manager at Microsoft. Learn about her beginnings at Syracuse University to ESPN, side projects she's…
Interview with Sonja Madsen, Sharepoint MVP
[MP4] [0:32:03] [2016/02/25]More about Sonja Madsen in her own words: @sonjamadsenI'm SharePoint MVP (Most Valuable Professional), and my blog on SharePoint 2013 has well over 1 million hits. I own Sonjasapps with over 20 apps…
Interview with Ezgi Can and Jessica Engström during the #MVPSummit
[MP4] [0:24:11] [2016/01/21]During the MVP Summit, Soumow invites female MVPs to share their career successes and interesting stories. In this episode, you get to know more about Ezgi Can and Jessica Engström. They talk about…
Interview with Penelope Coventry, Roohi Shaikh and Kerstin Rachfahl during the #MVPSummit
[MP4] [0:50:07] [2016/01/13] During the MVP Summit, Soumow invites female MVPs to share their career successes and interesting stories. In this episode, you get to know more about Penelope Coventry, Roohi Shaikh and Kerstin…
Interview with Laura Rogers, Nathalie Belval and Cathrine Wilhelmsen during the #MVPSummit
[MP4] [0:31:29] [2016/01/13] During the MVP Summit, Soumow invites female MVPs to share their career successes and interesting stories. In this episode, you get to know more about Laura Rogers, Nathalie Belval and Cathrine…
Interview with Livi Erickson, Technical Evangelist at Microsoft
[MP4] [0:43:35] [2016/01/06]In this episode, Kaitlin and Golnaz sit down and chat with Livi Erickson a Technical Evangelist at Microsoft based in San Francisco. Her area of focus is Virtual and Augmented Reality. We deep dive…
Interview with Sonya Koptyev, Technical Product Manager of Office 365 at Microsoft
[MP4] [0:39:18] [2015/12/09]In this episode Soumow, Kaitlin and Golnaz have a great conversation with Sonya Koptyev, from being the only woman in her C++ class, photography, working for a dotCOM, her fitness hobby,…
Interview with Karen Payne, Naomi Moneypenny and Edwige Seminara during the #MVPSummit
[MP4] [0:47:18] [2015/11/25]During the MVP Summit, Soumow invites female MVPs to share their career successes and interesting stories. In this episode, you get to know more about Karen Payne, Naomi Moneypenny and Edwige…
Interview with Kathleen Dollard, Martina Grom and Lori Lalonde during the #MVPSummit
[MP4] [0:44:12] [2015/11/18]During the MVP Summit, Soumow invites female MVPs to share their career successes and interesting stories. In this episode, you get to know more about Kathleen Dollard, Martina Grom and Lori Lalonde.…
Interview with Women at Microsoft during the #GHC15 Microsoft party
[MP4] [0:18:58] [2015/10/27]While in the Grace Hopper Conference, Microsoft attendees had a big party at the Houston Aquarium. Soumow took the opportunity to have this fun conversation with some Microsoft ladies GALs is a…
Interview with Vanessa Hernandez, Grace Hopper Blogger at #GHC15
[MP4] [0:11:45] [2015/10/27]While in the Grace Hopper Conference, Soumow interviews Vanessa, Setup Configuration Specialist at Aon Hewitt and Grace Hopper Blogger/Vlogger Find Vanessa's blog here:…
Interview with Sana Odeh, Professor of computer science at NYU and founder and chair of Arab women…
[MP4] [0:14:58] [2015/10/27]While in the Grace Hopper Conference, Soumow interviews Sana, Professor of computer science at NYU and founder and chair of Arab women in computing Find more details about Sana here:…
Interview with Kaoutar El Maghraoui, Research Scientist at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center and Grace…
[MP4] [0:12:36] [2015/10/27]While in the Grace Hopper Conference, Soumow interviews Kaoutar, Research Scientist at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center and Grace Hopper Conference Program Co-Chair and Arab women in computing…
Interview with Kristin Yvonne Rozier, Head of laboratory for temporal logic in Aerospace Engineering…
[MP4] [0:14:52] [2015/10/27]While in the Grace Hopper Conference, Soumow interviews Kristin, Head of laboratory for temporal logic in Aerospace Engineering at the university of Cincinnati. Kristin is also a member of the…
Interview with Annabelle Backman, Senior Software Engineer at Amazon at #GHC15
[MP4] [0:21:24] [2015/10/27]While in the Grace Hopper Conference, Soumow interviews Annabelle, Senior Software Engineer at Amazon. GALs is a show about the women who work in Tech (at Microsoft or outside) from three ladies that…
Episode 01: Getting to know the hosts and what to expect from GALs
[MP4] [0:54:05] [2015/10/13]In this first episode get to know the hosts and what to expect from future episode of GALs. GALs is a show about the women who work in Tech (at Microsoft or outside) from three ladies that currently…