Moving from individual contributor to leader

Feb 23

Overview

Gabriela de Queiroz joins us this week on the podcast. Learn what skills are needed in a technical role as an individual contributor and how these skills change as you move to a management or leadership role. Transitioning to a leadership role can be difficult but Gabriela shares how you can best prepare to move into the role and excel! Here's a hint, a community is essential!

About Gabriela de Queiroz

With over a decade of experience in the data space, Gabriela has worked in research and in several startups from different industries, including Software, Financial, Advertisement, and Health. Throughout her career, she has built diverse teams, created sophisticated data science solutions, engaged with customers and stakeholders to deliver business insights and drive data-centric decisions. She is passionate about building innovative solutions, understanding business gaps, and customer needs, and delivering a flawless experience.

Currently, Gabriela de Queiroz is a Principal Cloud Advocate Manager at Microsoft. She leads and manages the Global AI/ML/Data team in Education Advocacy.

Before that, she worked at IBM as a Program Director on Open Source, Data & AI Technologies and then as Chief Data Scientist at IBM, leading AI Strategy and Innovations.

She is actively involved with several organizations to foster an inclusive community. In 2012 she founded R-Ladies, a worldwide organization for promoting diversity in the R community, present in more than 200 cities in 55+ countries. In 2019, she founded AI Inclusive, a global organization that is helping increase the representation and participation of minorities in Artificial Intelligence.