Mary Snapp: VP and Deputy General Counsel | WM_IN

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Fuujin

She seems to be eligible for the next CEO.
Cool! Cool

staceyw
Before C# there was darkness...

How did they get that chair in the door?

kostik_y2k
Cats, Cats, Cats!

staceyw wrote:
How did they get that chair in the door?

Through Windows [tm]?.. Wink

BuckyBit

"Intellectual property law", that's some stick you could beat me with. Dealing with legal issues and the European Union Commission is quiet a battle, I assume. MS'ssies should be greatful.

This woman keeps the money "in da house", so to speak.
Also Ireland's Microsoft tax bonanza (Ireland's low corporate tax regime has long been a key part of the tax planning at MS) helps.

Besides that, listen and learn about the demeanor in the male-dominated business-world. It is sad but seems to be still embedded in our western (christian) society. Although not unique, too, as one may look to other cultures.

We all have to overcome this behaviour.

HappyCoding

If you really want to see her on the board you could likely contact the nominating committee at askboard@microsoft.com.

You can also choose to withhold votes from the member(s) you dislike. According to the rules if there are more 'withheld' votes then 'for' votes the member must resign leaving a vacancy for the nominating committee to fill.

PocketXP
More Cowbell

Interesting interview especially the final comments on customer/partner challenges.

Glad to see the focus on diversity.
Apple needs to take some lessons from Microsoft.

>> She seems to be eligible for the next CEO.

Most definitely eligible but hope to have Steve B. at the helm for at least 15 more years.

I hope she makes it to the Board of Directors.
Apple's BOD has zero diversity.

cra451-2

Not to be mean but .... Im still lost on the point of having her on Channel9? I think normally there is a point to the excellent presentations here. Thinking about what i just watched I can't really repeat anything that I learned from watching this video?

Charles
Welcome Change

cra451-2 wrote:
Not to be mean but .... Im still lost on the point of having her on Channel9? I think normally there is a point to the excellent presentations here. Thinking about what i just watched I can't really repeat anything that I learned from watching this video?

Not everything on Channel 9 has to be about Technology or Products at Microsoft and the people who build them. There are over 60,000 employees at Microsoft and many of them do not work directly on building a product that you use.

Channel 9 is as much about people as it is technology made by people.

Stay tuned for many more interviews like this (as well as the ones that teach you something about technology or a product).

C

leighsword
LeighSword

The President Bush wrote:
In our lifetimes, we have already been given a glimpse of this bright future. The advance of freedom and prosperity across the Asian continent has set a hopeful example for all in the world. And though the democracies that have taken root in Asia are new, the dreams they express are ancient. Thousands of years before Thomas Jefferson or Abraham Lincoln, a Chinese poet wrote that, "the people should be cherished the people are the root of a country the root firm, the country is tranquil." Today the people of Asia have made their desire for freedom clear -- and that their countries will only be tranquil when they are led by governments of, by, and for the people. to visit President Discusses Freedom and Democracy in Kyoto, Japan for more

People are the root of a company , product, and 'technology', we need to find out what is the essential if we want to going deep, not just a To Do list, the video is useful to me, even there are tons of dialogs which I can not understand , you know, you guys are speaking too fast, it seems I need re-add the video into my schedule.