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Speaker

Zehra Syeda-Sarwat, Global Head CX Strategy and Insights, Microsoft

Event Details

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 (4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET)

Location: Virtual Event – Register for Zoom Link

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Talk Information

Igniting Data-Driven Strategy

Data is valuable when it drives strategic foresight and enables risk mitigation, business objective setting, and goal acceleration. In this session, Zehra Syeda-Sarwat will share how to transform data into actionable business insights, along with key best practices for accelerating insight consumption across the organization and integrating insights throughout the strategy and execution lifecycle.

Bio: With 20+ years of experience in Tech, Zehra has managed multibillion dollar business portfolios, built $100M+ revenue generating new businesses/products, and led global teams at Microsoft, AWS, IBM, and Fujitsu. A trusted C-Suite advisor across Fortune 500, Zehra is an expert with unlocking innovation, building new product ideas from the ground up, leading Digital Transformation enabled by Cloud, Data, and AI, and seamlessly linking technology and business to ignite value realization across all layers of the organization.

A recognized thought leader, Zehra is a notable speaker across industry events, a published writer, startup advisor/investor, Founder for Women@AWS and an active advocate for Gender Equity in Tech. Along with numerous certifications, Zehra has an MBA from NYU, and is pursuing a Doctor of Engineering degree from George Washington University.