GLIT PodCast Ep 002 – “Hello 2024” – Leadership Planning your Career for the New Year – Dona Sarkar
Dona is a Director, Copilot and AI Extensibility at Microsoft. A role that enables developers to reason over their own AI and Copilot programs to reason over their own data and truly make AI useful for their business. Previously, she ran the Accessibility tech and Inclusive Design investments for all of Microsoft, making sure that the 1 billion+ people with disabilities AND those with Neurodivergence and Mental Health concerns. Previously, she led an advocacy team for the Power Platform at Microsoft, a toolset specifically for intrapreneurs to solve their business problems; and before that she was the Chief #NinjaCat of the Windows Insider Program at Microsoft, one of the biggest communities of people in the world (21 million people!) who act as the tech influencer for everyone in their lives. She is a notable public speaker, known for topics around mental health in the workplace, Digital Accessibility, getting out of one’s comfort zone and overcoming imposter syndrome. She has appeared on hundreds of stages around the world, including at the United Nations, World Economic Forum and TEDx. She spends her side-hustle time writing fiction and non-fiction books to help young professionals have the careers of their dreams, running an ethical luxury fashion line for women AND men called Prima Dona (https://primadonastudios.com), coaching entrepreneurs in emerging markets, and coming up with some REALLY scheme-y schemes. She can be reached at her website https://donasarkar.com