Happy International Women's Day

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why with this I had the pleasure of working with this lady called Hall when I was in Microsoft I mean and over the years I have found her more more and more inspiring all right he faced some significant personal health challenges in life and but that did not pull her down she took time off while recovering to actually go and do a masters in cyber security and then she came back a more technically complex role then and and that is something I think is inspiring for everyone nobody can pull you down not the hardest adversities can pull you down I mean you always if you desire it there is always a second chance and it's thir chance and you just

pull yourself up and keep moving and you will get it and she has been very very inspiring over the years I mean I happened to travel to us for her graduation and it was inspiring second I would say A lady called M afro is a very close friend of mine um she has mentored me more than once she was the general manager and partner in Microsoft cor Services engineering um to me she was the emblem of how you lead with empathy and with uh with with empathy across different challenging technical projects um delivering deeply technical outcomes through very different difficult timelines but still lead with empathy and that that to me was has always been inspiring of and something

that I I try to emulate as best as I can um and lastly my last job I worked with Lady Puja agala she had identity and access and very insightful leader a great attractor of talent um so many people like know just look look up to her and she has been able to attract again a lot lot of people to join our company um both men and women right she has been inspiring and interestingly I met Puja in one of these conferences many years ago and we stayed in touch

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