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Noelle Walsh
Title: President, Cloud Operations & Innovation( CO + I)
Company: Microsoft Industry: Technology
As President of Cloud Operations and Innovation at Microsoft, Noelle leads the engine powering the company’ s global cloud services. She oversees the entire data centre and edge lifecycle, managing everything from supply planning and energy acquisition to global construction and operations. Crucially, Noelle drives Microsoft’ s infrastructure sustainability efforts and helped introduce pioneering data centre designs that use zero water for cooling. Joining Microsoft in 2017, Noelle brought immense operational expertise from a 25-year tenure at The Dow Chemical Company, where she led a quarter of its manufacturing base alongside global supply chain and customer service functions. Known for unleashing best-in-class team performance, she champions safety and compliance as the absolute cornerstones of business at scale. A chemical engineering graduate from University College in Dublin, Noelle extends her influence across the sector through extensive board memberships and thought Womenhip contributions.
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