Interview with Olivia Nelson - Queen of Marketing Nerds

Interview with Olivia Nelson - Queen of Marketing Nerds

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 marketing.

Interview with Paige Bailey, Senior Cloud Developer Advocate

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 Apple IIs; growing up on a farm in Texas; falling in love with Python and R via mapmaking and NASA internships; and going from geophysics in the oil and gas industry to machine learning at Microsoft. Follow Paige on Twitter here! Create a Free Account (Azure): https://aka.ms/azft-ai

Interview with Kelly Anderson, Product Marketing Manager, Azure Security

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 her mother was an inspiration for her to pursue a career in technology. Follow Kelly on Twitter here. Create a Free Account (Azure): https://aka.ms/c9-azurefree

Interview with Urja Gandhi, Software Engineer, Expedia

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 transitioned to Expedia. Follow her career journey in this episode of GALs. Founding partner & Mentor at University of Washington Husky Tech Founder of Seattle Tech Mentors LeanIn Circle Urja's LinkedIn profile

Interview with Rita Zhang, Principal Software Engineer

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 presentation about using TensorFlow, Kubernetes, and Azure together, which led to an interesting conversation about open source at Microsoft and what surprised her about the company. "Everytime I show up at a hack fest or a meetup with my MacBook, it helps build credibility to show that we're in this just as much as our customers," Rita also shares what got her interested in technology and her progression as an engineer and the importance of having good mentors. You can (and should!) follow Rita on Twitter @ritazzhang