“A sense of achievement is key in the journey of dreaming big”- John W. Thompson

Keynotes & Fireside chats

  • Find Your Path

    September 2023

    Strategies, experiences, and key learnings shared by career coaches and experts to ignite passions for informed career choices. Whether it's seeking clarity, inspiration, growth, or different career paths, we explored options and resources to make decisions and forge unique, fulfilling personal and professional journeys.

  • Dream Big w/ John W. Thompson

    May 2019

    Fireside chat with John W. Thompson, Chairman of the Board of Microsoft (2014-2021), for 1500 engineers about what it entails to dream big, seeking high achievements and leadership, inspired from his successful career in Tech.

  • The power of Empathy

    June 2020

    Keynote on the Power of Empathy in the workplace and its impact on personal growth, for 300+ employees across Americas, Europe and the MENA region, during a Microsoft virtual even.

  • Building Resilience & Breaking into Technology

    December 2020

    Keynote at the The Global Youth Empowerment Summit. The global summit was focused on equipping the young generation for global impact, to gain vital knowledge and skills to succeed personally, academically, and professionally.

  • Leadership & Culture w/ Jason Zander

    June 2021

    Keynote on the core values of Leadership with Jason Zander, EVP of Azure. Followed by a Fireside Chat on the importance of building a culture based on growth mindset, customer focus and accountability, especially in such a pivotal time and accelerated digital transformation during the pandemic.

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Panels & Podcasts

  • Immigrants in Tech Summit

    November 2022 - Speaker

    Panel by Scale Without Borders for Developers, to navigate various challenges of newcomers, creating opportunities, solving technical and leadership problems, building innovative solutions leveraging the skillset and mindset the Immigrant acquires when adapting to new circumstances.

  • How to Find Success in your First Year

    August 2020 - Speaker

    Panel for undergrad and MBA hires to understand how to find success in the beginning of a professional journey, tips and tricks, how to record involvement, leadership experiences, finding sponsorships, etc.

  • Making Bold Career Moves

    September 2020 - Moderator

    Panel with Directors across different organizations at Microsoft to give perspective and valuable guidance on how to plan and make the right career moves, the importance of networking and making bold moves in a career and a lifetime.

  • Create your own Board of Advisors

    October 2020 - Host

    Podcast sharing experiences about strong and weak mentor moments and how to leverage our network to build a board of advisors. All great leaders have mentors and advisors whose expertise they can tap into and insights they can learn from. [produced by Microsoft Aspire]

  • Setting Boundaries for Work-Life Balance

    October 2020 - Host

    Podcast exploring how we can set boundaries that work, especially as early in career and settling into a role amidst our new normal during the pandemic. [produced by Microsoft Aspire]

  • Growing community in Ste(a)m careers

    May 2021 - Moderator & Speaker

    Panel for students in Kenya providing insights into career journeys, building communities, mentoring and showcasing the unique experiences and challenges of early-in-career technologists. This was also an opportunity to connect and grow their professional network.

  • The Value of Mentoring

    June 2021 - Speaker

    Panel around the value of mentorship. The core concepts as to what is mentorship, how it helps shape career paths, as well as tips and tricks for kickstarting a journey as a mentor or mentee.

  • Empowering Diversity - Women & Gender Minorities

    November 2021 - Speaker

    Panel for Microsoft student ambassadors empowering diversity (Women and Gender Minorities). An opportunity to connect and inspire students with experiences on community building, the importance of finding our people and belonging within the next generation of professionals.

  • Brain Computer Interfaces: Where are we?

    January 2021 - Speaker

    Panel discussion on Brain Computer Interfaces, news and trends with amateurs and builders in the field.

  • Women & Bipoc: The Trillion Dollar Blind Spot

    January 2021 - Speaker

    Panel discussion based on Morgan Stanley study “The trillion Dollar Blind Spot”, the main factors creating such a big disparity in women and BIPOC being funded and what are tangible actions to consider towards a positive change.

  • Diving into Tech: Do you need to be a geek?

    March 2021 - Organizer & Moderator

    Panel to share experiences, demystify and learn what it takes to onboard the Tech world. Being a “techie” - by passion, curiosity, or profession, is often stereotyped as being a “geek”.

  • Moroccan Women Lounge: A gender-equal future

    March 2021 - Speaker

    Panel on March 8th, International Women’s Day, to celebrate and elevate women and Moroccan leaders. A conversation to advance gender equality, becoming part of the change and taking action towards a gender-equal future.

  • Toxic Productivity: the Hustle culture effects

    May 2021 - Organizer & Moderator

    Panel during the pandemic putting into perspective the “rise and grind” of the hustle culture, especially when the lockdown has been detrimental to everyone’s heath and happiness.

  • Mental Health: Signs of weakness or growth opportunities?

    May 2021 - Organizer & Moderator

    Panel during Mental Health Month. The stigma around mental health issues being signs of weakness is nothing new. What if we treat them as growth opportunities to look deeper, live happier and reduce generational traumas?

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What People Are Saying

“Fantastic job […], Excellent questions and I appreciated the way you built upon John’s answers and reinforced his key messages”

— Kim Denny, Principal PM Manager, @ Fireside chat with John W. Thompson

“Super cool session from you - very well done. I've heard many of these host - exec talks and I got to say you did that really well. Your answers, questions and responses were super on point and provided real value - which is a rare treat!”

— Microsoft Culture Group Leader, @ Keynote & Fireside chat with Jason Zander

“That’s the inspiration for my entire career”

— Microsoft early-in-career engineer, @ Keynote “The power of Empathy”

“You made a connection right away during the panel and weaved in ways the Aspires to engage through sharing your experiences and providing guidance. […] We appreciate you sharing your knowledge and bringing the energy”

— Panel Leads, organizing team, @ Panel “How to find success in your first year”

“Oumaima you did a great job holding the interview and connecting the dots. John was in good hands! Well done.”

— Jason Moore, Learning and Culture strategist, @ Fireside chat with John W. Thompson

“That was a Ted Talk right there”

— Microsoft Leader, Senior Learning & Development Consultant , @ Microsoft Aspire Keynotes

“Seriously, you are such an inspiration to young professional. We often feel there is so much at stake early in our career which sometime we forget to be at our best.”

— Solution Architect, Microsoft, @ Keynote “The power of Empathy”

“This was mind opening.”

“Wow this was inspiring, I wish I can get the slide”

“My goodness… Deserves a great applause!”

— Participants at the Global Youth Empowerment Summit, @ Keynote “Building Resilience & Breaking into Tech”