Dec 18, 2019
In this episode of Beyond the Blue Badge, host Rich Kaplan talks with Jim Allchin. Jim joined Microsoft in 1990. He’s a prolific computer programmer and engineer, creating many of Microsoft’s top products. When he retired in 2007, he was the co-president of Microsoft’s Platform Products and Services Group. In...
Dec 12, 2019
In this special bonus episode of Beyond the Blue Badge, host Becky Monk chats with Microsoft Alumni Network’s UK Chapter Edinburgh Lead Terry Smith. Terry split his 22 years at Microsoft between England and Redmond. Post Microsoft, he’s concentrating on his love of music with his podcast, Music Talks, and his work...
Nov 27, 2019
In this of Beyond the Blue Badge, host Rich Kaplan visits Tricia Raikes on the shores of Seattle’s Lake Union at the headquarters for North Forty and The Raikes Foundation. Tricia shares why she and her husband Jeff Raikes in 2002 started the foundation, which has given more than $97 million in grants; how the...
Nov 6, 2019
In Episode 9 of Beyond the Blue Badge’s second season, host Lora Poepping talks with Microsoft alumnus Gene Boes inclusion and equity and his role as president and CEO of Northwest Center. Gene shares how his personal experiences — from flying jets off aircraft carriers to his years at Microsoft to raising an...
Oct 30, 2019
In this episode, we talk with five individuals who took to heart the ethos of giving that is infused into Microsoft’s culture and they incorporated that everyday into their lives Beyond the Blue Badge. Claire Bonilla is CEO of global health organization SightLife. Krishnan Iyre leads Humanize Homelessness. Bill...