Karuana Gatimu
Director, Customer Advocacy - AI & Collaboration
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolKaruana Gatimu is a veteran technology and marketing leader who blends 25 years of product, adoption and creative production experience to drive real-world usage of Microsoft 365 and AI-powered collaboration tools like Copilot, Teams, SharePoint and Viva. As Director of Customer Advocacy – AI & Collaboration, she leads cross-disciplinary teams that produce flagship enablement assets (adoption.microsoft.com), original content series (Coffee in the Cloud, Mondays at Microsoft) and large-scale skilling events, while acting as an on-air technical storyteller and executive producer. Known for a “people-first” approach, she translates engineering capabilities into practicable adoption programs, governance-ready solutions and community-driven platforms at global scale. Her background spans enterprise ecommerce leadership and hands-on SharePoint architecture, giving her rare fluency across business strategy, operational analytics and creative production. Notably, she founded and grows influential community channels inside and outside Microsoft, mentoring diverse leaders and shaping community-led product feedback loops.
8 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
English & Business Administration, English & Business Administration at Olympic CollegeUniversity of California, Los AngelesGeneral Education, General Education at Central Kitsap High SchoolSummer Study Certificate IT Management, Summer Study Certificate IT Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of ManagementBusiness Administration, Business Administration at Santa Monica College
Github Skills (26)
microsoft10
skype10
microsoft-teams10
skype-for-business10
azure-active-directory8
connections8
spfx7
office3657
sharepoint7
powerapps7
intune7
azure7
sharepoint-online7
powerplatform6
microsoft-azure6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
karuanag/OfficeDocs-SkypeForBusiness
Jun 2018 - Oct 2021
Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams documentation
Contributions:9 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 4 months
microsoft-teamsskype-for-businessskypemicrosoft
msft-teams/tools
Oct 2019 - Apr 2021
Templates and tools from Microsoft Teams Engineering
Contributions:23 commits, 4 PRs, 22 pushes in 1 year 6 months
microsoft-teamsengineering-teamsengineeringmicrosoft
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