Karuana Gatimu

About Karuana Gatimu

I am a business architect with a passion for people, technology and digital content.…

Experience

1. Principal Manager, Microsoft 365 Customer Advocacy Group

   Microsoft

   Jul 2023 — Present

   Leading engineering engagement and breadth product enablement including public and specialty communities, events, adoption tools and skilling content for Microsoft 365 including Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Microsoft Viva and more across Collaborative Apps & Platforms. My dedicated and talented crew work each day to ensure a more elegant customer experience across Microsoft 365 with a focus on emerging and premium features while never forgetting to have \"fun with fundamentals\" like governance, security and identity management. We work across commercial, SMB and Public Sector segments to deliver adoption.microsoft.com, Center of Excellence solutions and have a key leadership role in the Microsoft Global Community Initiative. Lead business solution architect of the Teams Emergency Operations Center solution.\\\\n\\\\nTechnical storyteller for Microsoft including on-air host for flagship events, Mondays at Microsoft on LinkedIn, Coffee in the Cloud on YT and Executive Producer of Microsoft Airlift technical skilling event for employees, MVPs and Microsoft Partner direct from engineering and field leaders. Always #PeopleFirst and #BetterTogether with amazing, creative and curious people across Microsoft.\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n

Education

• Central Kitsap High School

  General Education

  1980 — 1984

• Santa Monica College

  Business Administration

  1988 — 1990

• Olympic College

  English & Business Administration

  1984 — 1986

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management

  Summer Study Certificate, IT Management

  2015 — 2015

• UCLA

  Finance & Business Administration

  1991 — 1992

Skills

• Microsoft Sql Server
• Software Development
• Marketing Operations
• Digital Marketing
• Business Process Improvement
• Sales Management
• Video Production
• Product Management
• Enterprise Software
• Training
• Marketing Communications
• Consulting
• Market Research
• Integration
• Sales
• Leadership
• Program Management
• Marketing Strategy
• Business Development
• IT Strategy
• Online Marketing
• Sharepoint
• Change Management
• Strategy
• Business Management
• Event Management
• Strategic Planning
• Digital Strategy
• Management
• Marketing
• .net
• E-Commerce
• Enterprise Content Management
• Analysis
• Project Management
• IT Management
• Business Intelligence
• Online Advertising
• Cloud Computing
• Crm