Nadia Karim

About Nadia Karim

Multi-lingual tech manager seeking the next great book recommendation.My One Job: synthesizing technical and industry expertise over multiple industries to amplify efficacy, inspire people, and streamline business process efficiencies for worldwide organizations.Roads Well Traveled: Professional experience across the United States, Middle East and Asia. Certified linguistic fluent proficiency in English and Arabic, with conversational proficiency in Italian and French.Jargon I speak: tech to finance, acronym to plainspeak, process to impact, people to dollars, risk and investment valuation, financial analysis, supply contract negotiation, decision analysis, building problem frameworks that add clarity, PM operations, compliance, hardware, audit, accounting, technology, assurance, manufacturing, software, healthcare, tax, operational efficiency, fiscal policy, and Azure/cloud related miscellany.

Experience

1. Chief of Staff

   Microsoft

   Jan 2016 — Present

   Microsoft\'s Discovery & Quantum division focuses on next-generation technology: engineering teams who are helping to carry out challenging missions, worldwide teams leading the way to scalable, accessible quantum computing, and reinventing the future of what is possible with AI with our mission to impact what matters to humanity through the lens of science and through what Microsoft\'s offerings, customer\'s missions, and the future of AI can accomplish together. MDQ delivers the future AI platform of scientists worldwide through Microsoft Discovery while preparing for what is even beyond tomorrow\'s near term horizon with our work in Microsoft Quantum and Microsoft Robotics. We pursue bold innovations for breakthrough impacts to empower every person and organization to achieve more, starting with the transformational power of nature and elementary physics.Microsoft Azure is the chosen cloud computing platform and infrastructure used by 90% of the Fortune 500, created by Microsoft for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed data centers. This growing collection of integrated cloud services—analytics, computing, database, mobile, networking, storage, microservices, IoT, SQL server, customer experience, global expansion, compliance, security—helps users move faster, achieve more, obtain quality cloud support, save money, and stay secure. 2016: Microsoft Cloud and Infrastructure Operations (dark fiber)2017: Microsoft Cloud and Enterprise 2018: Microsoft Cloud and Artificial Intelligence Platform (Microsoft Azure Operations)20••••21: Microsoft Azure (Operations and Executive Office, Chief of Staff)2022 - today: Microsoft Discovery & Quantum (Operations and Executive Office, Chief of Staff)

Education

• University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business

  BBA, Accounting

  2001 — 2006

• Thunderbird School of Global Management

  MBA, Global Finance

  2009 — 2010

Skills

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Business Analysis
• Strategy
• Risk Management
• R&D
• Financial Forecasting
• Auditing
• Internal Audit
• Team Leadership
• Financial Modeling
• Negotiation
• Consulting
• Corporate Finance
• Multilingual
• Variance Analysis
• Project Management
• Program Management
• Business Transformation
• Cross Cultural Management
• Forecasting
• Global Sourcing
• Financial Reporting
• Strategic Consulting
• Management Consulting
• Business Process Improvement
• Risk Assessment
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Strategic Planning
• Accounting
• Cross-Cultural Communication Skills
• Financial Analysis
• Leadership
• Global Business Development
• Budgets
• Finance
• Financial Statements
• Valuation
• Microsoft Excel
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership