Vaishali de

About Vaishali de

I am a strategic leader with demonstrated success in developing products and capabilities that deliver customer value, drive revenue, and create innovation. My superpowers include strong advocacy for B2B and B2C customers, keen product sense, strong technical and business acumen, critical and deep thinking, being adept at identifying high impact opportunities. I feel blessed to be a trusted advisor and collaborator with C-level executives, colleagues, partners, and customers — building enduring relationships. I am passionate about making significant positive societal change and business impact.My key accomplishments include: • Pioneering Innovative Products. Created and launched Microsoft Wallet with $100M+ transaction payments in less than a year, growing to $1B+ in two years. Partnered with Microsoft Research to deliver multiple innovations in online security for 300M+ consumers and hold 4 related patents. Re-imagining MSN with AI to transform MSN into a more powerful storyteller. • Driving Strategic Growth. Spearheading strategy to meet consumers where they already are, on the devices and apps they use — leading to 100M+ DAU for MSN, with 100%+ YoY growth from our newest Windows surfaces. Led transition of global Ads business from Yahoo! to Microsoft to set foundation for revenue growth from $5B to $10B+. • Global Teams & Organizational Leadership. Extensive experience building and leading multi-disciplinary teams across geos including China, Egypt, Europe and the US. Passionate about coaching and mentoring talent to become successful leaders and achieve their career goals. Known for leading with radical candor and empathy.

Experience

1. Gm, Microsoft Ai

   Microsoft

   Jan 2023 — Present

   Lead key initiatives for Copilot Discover, a high quality, curated, hyper personalized product that empowers every person to be informed, entertained, and inspired. • Spearhead key initiatives- Reimagine content with AI, to transform into a more powerful storyteller. Create vision, strategy, and guide the design and development- Transform Copilot from a chat bot to an AI companion through Discover- Continue to grow content through flagship experiences and innovation—leading to 100M+ DAU and $1B+ in revenue growth.• Own the distribution of Discover. Develop strategy and lead execution to reach consumers where they already are in their digital journeys across their devices and applications.

Education

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

  MS, Information Technology

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  MS, Computer Science