145. Diversity and Inclusion as business drivers in the tech industry

Guest Name: Pratima Amonkar, Microsoft's APAC Leader for Cloud and AI business strategy. Language: English, Publication date: Aug, 24. 2021 As Microsoft's APAC Leader for Cloud and AI business strategy, Pratima spearheads the work Microsoft does to empower customers, partners, governments, and citizens to digitally transform their businesses and lives with the power of Cloud and AI. In this role, she is focused on supporting countries' s sustainable economic growth through digital transformation. She leads the strategy, planning and programs to collaborate with customers, governments, industries, and communities to leverage the world’s largest and most trusted cloud infrastructure network. Over the past 20 years, Pratima has held leadership and P&L responsibilities at various technology companies like Rational Software, IBM, and Sun Microsystems. She has built and led technical teams that have delivered high growth cloud revenues at emerging and developed global markets. Pratima an active technology mentor to some promising APAC startups, social entrepreneurships, and women founders. She chairs the APAC Microsoft Diversity and Inclusion Council for Accessibility and Assistive Technology. ——— Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast including: Could you please tell us about Microsoft’s commitment to diversity & inclusion? How does diversity & inclusion drive business value? More specifically in the tech industry. What advice can you offer to the business leader on how to make the tech sector more inclusive? Some other key takeaways. Get a full script of this podcast by accessing this link --- https://www.vcare.international/post/dibdti Connect her on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pratima-amonkar-a8a2283/