Microsoft Spotlight Podcast

In today's episode of the Microsoft Spotlight podcast, our hosts are joined by Holly Lehman, who is the Product Marketing Manager for  Microsoft Teams. Holly talks to our guests about her life before Microsoft, moving between Vegas and Seattle working in hospitality.

Holly's Twitter: https://twitter.com/lehman_holly 

Holly's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-lehman-103b8050 

Head in the Cloud, Heart in the Community: https://www.youtube.com/c/HeadintheCloudHeartintheCommunity  

Andrew's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thewatchernode 

Microsoft Spotlight Twitter: https://twitter.com/msftspotlight 

Jon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonjarvis 

Microsoft Women In Tech UK Community: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9053874/

On this week's episode of the Microsoft Spotlight podcast, we are joined by Antje Lamartine who is a Microsoft MVP based in Germany.  

Antje is a Senior Change Success Manager for IF-Blueprint AG based in Munich, Germany. In this episode, we discussed Antje's life in the US/  Germany, how the Women In Tech community varies in each country and how she becames a part of the Microsoft MVP Community.     

Antje's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AntjeLamartine 

Antje's LinkedIn: https://twitter.com/AntjeLamartine 

Microsoft Women In Tech: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9053874/ 

Andrew's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thewatchernode 

Microsoft Spotlight Twitter: https://twitter.com/msftspotlight 

Jon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonjarvis

On this week's episode of the Microsoft Spotlight podcast, we are joined by Tracy van der Schyff who is the first dual MVP that has joined us on the show.  

Tracy is a Microsoft 365 coach and has owned her own company The GUID  Stuff for the past 10 years. This episode is one of the funniest episodes with both hosts in hysterics throughout. Tracy speaks about her  own health after recently suffering from a stroke and what she is doing now to ensure a better work/life balance.   

PS - This episode is interrupted by Tracy's internsheep!   

Tracy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/elena_sinel Tracy's 

LinkedIn: https://twitter.com/tracyvds 

Tracy's Blog: https://tracyvanderschyff.com/

Microsoft Women In Tech: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9053874/ 

Andrew's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thewatchernode M

icrosoft Spotlight Twitter: https://twitter.com/msftspotlight 

Jon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonjarvis

On this week's episode of the Microsoft Spotlight podcast, we listen to the inspirational story of Elena Sinel who is the Ceo and Founder of  TeensInAI  

Elena is our second Microsoft Regional Director on the show and is the first Regional Director from Uzbekistan. Having worked all over the world, Elena settled in London having never worked in IT but after her daughter had a bad experience expressing interest in Computer Science at school, TeensInAI was born. Elena talks about all things AI, her career journey, and a wonderful story about the co-owner of TeensInAi!

On Episode 17 of the Microsoft Spotlight podcast, our hosts are joined  by April Dunnam who is the Power Platform Advocacy lead at Microsoft.

On Episode 16 of the Microsoft Spotlight podcast, our hosts are joined by Dona Sarkar who is the Director of Accessibility at Microsoft.

Dona talks about her time at Microsoft where she has worked since 2005, Dona was an engineer on the Windows Dev team for 12 years covering 5 versions of Windows. Dona speaks passionately about neurodiversity and how her role at Microsoft will ensure that accessibility needs for all users are met.

Dona will be at the South Coast Summit where you can watch her session “Burnout Begone as a Service” on Saturday 16th October at 13:00. After you can also watch the Microsoft Spotlight Podcast live, where we will be hosting a roundtable with the Women in Teams community at 16:00.

Dona's Twitter: Dona Sarkar (@donasarkar) / Twitter

South Coast Summit: https://www.southcoastsummit.com/

On Episode 15 of the Microsoft Spotlight podcast, after a small Summer break, our hosts are joined by Sharon Weaver who is a Microsoft Regional  Director, Microsoft Certified Trainer, Process Improvement, and  Productivity Expert.  

Sharon is the founder and CEO of Smarter consulting and speaks to our hosts about being a leader within the Kansas area by running the Kansas  City O365 User Group. Sharon shares her journey from coding as a hobby when growing up to working in medicine then falling back into IT! 

We  also find out what the role of a Microsoft Regional Director is!   Sharon will be hosting a session at Commsverse on the 15th September,  where you can watch her session "All Roads Lead to Teams! Working with  Tasks by Planner and To Do" at 17:20pm GMT.  

Sharon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/sharoneweaver 

Sharon's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonweaver/ 

Microsoft Women In Tech: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9053874/ 

Andrew's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thewatchernode 

Microsoft Spotlight Twitter: https://twitter.com/msftspotlight 

Jon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonjarvis

On today's episode of the Microsoft Spotlight podcast, our hosts are joined by Sophie Dimelow who is our youngest guest so far!

On episode 13th of the Microsoft Spotlight podcast, our hosts are joined by Jese Navaranjan who is a Microsoft MVP working at Avanade.

Graduating university after completing a maths degree, Jese talks to our hosts about her journey from being a Business Analyst to becoming an MVP. Jese talks about her passion for presenting in user groups and her desire to become a mentor for women in the IT community.

Jese's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeseNav2

Sara Fennah is our guest on episode 12 of the Microsoft Spotlight podcast! Sara is a freelance Microsoft Certified Trainer having been certified for 14 years!

Sara talks to our hosts about her career progression starting as a teacher at a secondary school to delivering Microsoft 365 courses. Both of our hosts had plenty of questions about the MCT program and its community. Sara has a unique style of delivering her courses where our host Jon believes she is one of the best MCTs in the industry!

Sara's Twitter: https://twitter.com/sfennah