Suleman Dawood School of Business (SDSB) and SDSB Alumni Association presents a guest speaker session featuring Fatima Kardar, a LUMS BSc 2000 graduate. Ms. Kardar has made an enduring impact on the technology sector and currently leads development at one of the biggest IT companies in the world, Microsoft.
September 15, 2023
Time:
5:00 pm
SDSB B3 Auditorium, LUMS
The session is an ideal opportunity for attendees to be motivated by a real tech luminary and learn insightful things about creativity and entrepreneurship.
About the Speaker:
Fatima Kardar (BSc 2000), Corporate Vice President, COO and Chief Technical Advisor to Microsoft CTO, is well-known at Microsoft. She is a pioneer who has devoted more than 22 years of her professional life to influencing the direction of technology. She possesses a strong foundation in computer science from LUMS and an MBA from Duke University, giving her a rare combination of business savvy and technical know-how.
Her current position at Microsoft entails a wide range of duties, including developing and directing the organisation's technological strategy, managing cross-company strategic incubations, projects, and programmes, and managing Microsoft's AI scale activities. Her crucial function extends to the OpenAI alliance, a group that is redefining the limits of artificial intelligence. Furthermore, she serves as the Diversity and Inclusion executive sponsor for her division at Microsoft and supports industry-wide diversity programmes, including the LEAP Apprenticeship Programme and Pakistani Women in Computing (PWiC).
Join us as we explore Ms. Kardar's incredible path and innovative leadership as Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott's Chief Technical Advisor and Corporate Vice President and COO.
For any queries, please email at sdsb@lums.edu.pk
