Ellen Poissant

Employee Experience and AI Leader, Microsoft

Ellen Poissant serves as the Employee Experience and AI Leader at Microsoft, specializing in Microsoft Viva Knowledge & Insights with a keen focus on enhancing the Digital Employee Experience.

About

In a world where the nature of work has been irreversibly altered by the pandemic, she has been at the forefront of guiding companies through these changes. Ellen's work emphasizes the importance of adapting to remote and hybrid work environments, recognizing that such adaptations and the broader changes we've faced require an unprecedented level of resilience.

Her mission is to help companies improve the employee experience for better well-being by providing organizational insights (as opposed to individual ones) to foster a positive culture. This, in turn, leads to enhanced employee experiences and improved business results. 

Ellen's expertise is wide-ranging and includes Social, Market, and Business Intelligence, Revenue Generation and Profitability Maximization, Sales, Retention, and Account Management, Leadership and People Excellence, Strategic Ideation and Organizational Alignment, and a data-driven focus that delivers actionable impact to business outcomes. Her contributions are particularly significant in evolving the Digital Employee Experience for the digital workforce, ensuring that businesses can thrive in this new era.