As Satya announced the next big steps in bringing AI agents to every business function, in this broadcast, you’ll hear Microsoft Cloud for Industry’s approach to delivering a platform for customers and partners to build, adapt, deploy, and manage industry specific solutions tailored to their needs. The focus will be on Copilot and Generative AI, highlighting positive impacts on key industries and worker productivity and efficiency.

Kathleen Mitford
CVP, Global Industry Marketing
Kathleen Mitford is Corporate Vice President of Global Industry at Microsoft. She joined the company in 2021 and leads a team responsible for providing industry solutions to customers to help them solve challenges and unlock opportunities specific to their industry through the Microsoft Cloud and Microsoft’s partner ecosystem. Kathleen is an expert in the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence and her purview extends across a diverse spectrum of industries. Prior to Microsoft, Kathleen was EVP and Chief Strategy Officer at PTC and was also the executive sponsor of the Microsoft partnership. Kathleen is passionate about diversity and inclusion—particularly when it comes to women in tech. She has received several awards for her leadership and innovation including a Stevie Award and a Mass Technology Leadership Council Award. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two kids.

Satish Thomas
CVP, Microsoft Industry Clouds + Solutions (IC+S)
Satish is responsible for strategy, product management, and engineering execution for Microsoft Business & Industry Solutions. This organization and its partner ecosystem develop industry-leading solutions and AI-driven Business Applications. Prior to this role, Satish has held various engineering product management leadership roles at Microsoft spanning Microsoft Cloud for Industries, Microsoft Insights - Customer Data Platform (CDP), Microsoft AppSource, Microsoft’s business apps marketplace, and Microsoft Dynamics 365 team. Satish joined Microsoft in 2006 and is from Botswana, Africa.