Eduard Steidl

Director, Global Workforce Partnerships, Microsoft

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Ed Steidl, leads partnership activities for workforce organizations for the Channel Sales Team at Microsoft. The work ensures that people entering the workforce have the right technical skills to ensure success in 21st century jobs. During Ed’s 10 year career at Microsoft he has held roles in Business Development and Innovation. Ed’s career outside Microsoft includes experience in real estate and technology driven startups.

Ed Steidl is an innovation enthusiast who has a strong belief that people can be upskilled to grow their creative muscle. He created programs that help foster early stage entrepreneurship by helping people develop an entrepreneurial mindset. With this experience Ed has a unique perspective on how innovation happens around the world in both developed and developing economies.

Ed holds a BS in Molecular Biology from the University of Victoria and an MBA from ESADE in Barcelona, Spain. Ed is an active participant in high school education and currently sits on the Board of Governors of Shawnigan Lake School in British Columbia, Canada and as a coach of the Washington State Loggers Highschool rugby representative team.