Elaiza Benitez is a Senior Consultant at an IT consultancy firm where she specializes in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform. In 2018 she was awarded Microsoft MVP in Business Applications, being one of 20 in Australia and New Zealand, and the only female in Australasia. She also won the Technical award at the ARN Women in ICT Awards 2018.

Elaiza is extremely active in supporting the Microsoft Community, and has her own YouTube channel sharing her knowledge on the Microsoft Dynamics and Power Platform.

Elaiza understands the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle, so when she isn’t evangelizing all things Microsoft, you will find her in the kitchen creating delicious meals, or exercising at the gym.

Here’s an outline of what we cover in this episode of The Females in Tech Show:

• Elaiza’s career journey to Microsoft MVP (7:49)
• What is a Microsoft MVP, the evaluation criteria, and her advice for anyone who wants to follow a similar career path (26:37)
• Elaiza shares some of the challenges she has experienced in her career and how to overcome them (40:51)
• We talk about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle, and she explains why she doesn’t own a TV (46:13)
• We discuss her YouTube channel, the reason she created it, and who it’s for (51:20)
• And so much more!

Episode Resources

Podcast Links: 

• Microsoft Ignite Conference
• Microsfot Power Platform World Tour
• Elaiza Unboxing her MVP Award 
• Youtube clip of Elaiza Winning the Technical ARN WIICT award 
• Elaiza’s paper that was published in an academic journal 
• Book that was given to Elaiza from Shona Bang. Haben The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law 
• Elaiza’s YouTube Channel
• Elaiza’s Blog 
• Elaiza’s Twitter 
• Elaiza’s LinkedIn 

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