destroying the diversity & inclusion narrative

julie and torin welcome anoop gupta to talk start-ups, microsoft, "academic types" and how we use data to successfully drive incredible, underrepresented talent into our organizations, and julie throws in a challenge to wrap us up.

anoop gupta is the ceo and co-founder of seekout, the ai-powered talent 360 platform. anoop started seekout after a 20-year career at microsoft, which began with the acquisition of his first startup, vxtreme, in 1997.

during his tenure, anoop was the corporate vice-president of the multibillion-dollar unified communications group. he was ta to bill gates, advising on technology and product strategy as a distinguished scientist at microsoft research, leading work on telepresence and natural user interfaces. prior to microsoft, anoop was a tenured professor at stanford university and he holds a ph.d. in computer science from carnegie mellon university.