Karuana Gatimu is a business architect and productivity expert currently working in the M365 Customer Advocacy in Collaborative Apps and Platform group. With a 25-year history in collaboration technology and corporate IT, she is experienced in Microsoft 365 services with a focus on Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Power Platform. She combines her technical expertise with a passion for community management and a #PeopleFirst approach to business transformation. Her team currently drives worldwide adoption of Microsoft 365 services, product feedback, and technical readiness for IT professionals, developers, and productivity Champions, including the Microsoft 365 Champions program and the Teams Technical Community. Her specialized experience in enterprise, government, non-profit, and retail solution architecture allows her to build large scale adoption programs and create the Microsoft Service Adoption Specialist and Virtual Event Production courses. She is the host & executive producer of Coffee in the Cloud on YouTube and a frequent speaker on empowering female leadership in technology and the future of collaboration.
Jeremy Thake is a Senior VP of Product at AvePoint Inc. He previously worked in product at Microsoft for ten years on Microsoft 365 extensibility. He has developed on the Microsoft platform since 1998. Jeremy has spoken at conferences, tweeted, blogged and run podcasts for over fifteen years.
In his spare time he's raising his beautiful daughter in Seattle and enjoy the sunshine it sometimes delivers!
Heather currently serves as Principal PM Manager for the Microsoft 365 Customer Advocacy Group, Collaborative Applications and Platform Group at Microsoft. She leads a charter of engagement, event strategy and growth by building programs, and connections for our community members with Microsoft. Heather is a former Microsoft MVP for Microsoft 365 Apps and Services. Heather is originally from Michigan and lives in Marina del Rey, California, close to LAX, so she can continue to travel and speak around the world about healthy workplaces, leveling up one's power skills, community, and diversity & inclusion.
