Kari Lio
Cloud Sustainability - Hardware & Packaging Design
- Role
- Principal Sustainability Manager, Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering at Microsoft
- Location
- Renton, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kari Lio
Sustainability & technology professional with 18 years of experience managing global programs in highly matrixed organizations across a variety of stakeholders. Fluent in six languages with work experience across four continents. Currently leading sustainability efforts in Microsoft Cloud’s hardware organization, introducing circular economy principles and low-carbon strategies into our datacenter hardware design processes. Excel at bringing people together for impact, identifying synergies and opportunities for collaboration. Excited about the potential corporations like Microsoft has to drive global change, leveraging its technology, scale and reputation, to enable businesses and governments worldwide to shift towards environmentally sustainable standards, practices and processes.
Experience
Principal Sustainability Manager, Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering
Sep 2025 — Present · Redmond, WA, US
Education
Harvard Business School Online
Certificate, Leadership Principles
Stanford University
Leadership and Design Thinking for Corporate Sustainability
2019 — 2019
Seattle University
MBA, Sustainability specialization
2011 — 2013
La Trobe University
Bachelor, International Development Studies
2003 — 2005
Skills
- Policy Analysis
- Fundraising
- Community Development
- Research
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Analysis
- Strategic Planning
- Sustainability
- Sustainable Development
- International Development
- International Relations
- Editing
- Spanish
- Non-Profits
- Government
- Nonprofits
- Public Relations
- Corporate Communications
- Event Planning
- Project Planning
- Intercultural Communication
- Ngos
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