Welcome to the Embrace ERG (Employee Resource Group) Skills Series. This event is the 3rd episode of the Embrace ERG Skills Series.

Previous episode can be found under this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmsFUfdnGr3xq0ElVrsN2T2hvZdp584cI

The EMBRACE ERG at Microsoft embraces all races and ethnicities and hopes through this series to spotlight the variety of careers available in the tech sector by giving examples from our own company. Our workforce is representative of the various communities and societies we work in; as such, diversity is at the core of our operations, and we hope to highlight that all backgrounds and skillsets are valued in our field. We intend to cover not only the careers available, but also
provide the skills required and sessions on how to help build these skills.

What is this event about?
This event highlights the different levels of technical knowledge required in various roles and the importance of being able to up-skill or transfer your skillset from one job to another.

Who is it aimed at?
Although this event is primarily aimed at those with mid-career experiences from any industry, anyone interested is welcome to join.

Why should you attend?
By attending this call, you will understand the value of developing transferable skills. You will also understand how to transition from a less technical role to a much more technical role and vice versa.

Speaker Bio’s

Tarun Mirpuri, Technical Consultant at Microsoft
After doing a business operations placement at Microsoft and graduating with a degree in Computer Science from the University of Nottingham, Tarun Mirpuri joined Microsoft as a graduate Technical Consultant within Azure Infrastructure. Within his role, he assists Microsoft's enterprise customers with their cloud acceleration journey and creates "cloud cities" to start their cloud journey. Tarun has a passion for mentoring Early in Career and Diversity & Inclusion.
Connect with Tarun on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarun-mirpuri-174219129/

Mehak Vij, Program Manager, Microsoft
Mehak is currently a Technical Program Manager in Azure Core, working on Product Launch Readiness Criteria. She joined Microsoft in September 2020 in the aspire program as an Azure Cloud and AI Consultant in Industry Solutions. She delivered on the Walgreens and FedEx projects working with Azure DevOps and Power Platform to create CICD pipelines for customer applications. At Microsoft, Mehak is on the global aspire leadership council and involved with the Technical Women at Microsoft community. She is from New Jersey, went to Rutgers University (go Scarlet Knights!), and currently lives in Seattle, WA. She loves all things outdoors and loves to read! She geeks out on personal finance, is a huge foodie, and loves to spend all her free time at the gym doing HIT workouts. She gets energy from PEOPLE (and coffee)!
Connect with Mehak on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehakvij/

Melanie Plath, Customer Success Manager, Microsoft
I always like the reaction, when I tell people that my first graduation was as a fashion designer. After completely switching my professional direction to IT around 15 years ago, I am now working for Microsoft since 2019 and could not be more grateful for this amazing experience. I started in a very technical role (Customer Engineer), providing deep dive workshops to customers around several M365 services. Realizing I have become a ‘jane-of-all-trades’, I decided to move forward to my next role (Customer Success Manager) to use the potential of my skills in a more efficient way.
Connect with Melanie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-plath-84063aa6/

Felicity Nyan, Cloud Solution Architect (Data & AI), Microsoft