Erin Guthrie

Senior Director, Cloud+AI Strategy at Microsoft

Erin Guthrie is Senior Director, Cloud+AI Strategy at Microsoft. Previously, she was a Sr. Director of Corporate Strategy for Dell Technologies, leading high-priority projects for the C-suite agenda. Erin is a strategist and operator with a breadth of leadership roles across the public and private sectors. Most recently, she led the Department of Commerce for the Governor of Illinois, developing the economic growth and recovery strategy and securing hundreds of business expansions. With roots in the technology sector, she also ran the Midwest Region for Uber, doubling a revenue for the region leading up to the company’s IPO. Erin was previously a senior engagement manager at McKinsey, where she served large technology and financial services clients, and stood up the Firm’s strategy on partnerships to deliver complex technology-enabled client solutions. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy from Stanford University and her MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.