Mark Kroese is the General Manager for Sustainability Solutions in Microsoft’s Environmental Sustainability team. His team oversees Microsoft’s sustainability product strategy, customer and partner engagements, and the $1 billion Climate Innovation Fund. Mark is a 22-year Microsoft veteran and believes that technology will play a critical role in the world’s journey to net zero. Outside of Microsoft, Mark has been instrumental in several forest preservation projects, including the creation of the Central Suriname Conservation Corridor and a REDD project in the Orientale Provence of the DRC. Mark is a Harvard Advanced Leadership Fellow, and a board advisor to Combient Pure, a Finland-based initiative connecting companies along value chains to create impactful low carbon and circular business opportunities. When he’s not working, Mark enjoys climbing and skiing in our planet’s wildest and most remote places.  

Ula Kepežinskaite Duric received the title of Master of Science at the Faculty of Economy at the University of Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2002. For more than 20 years, she has been working in various IT companies as sales executive for business development and sales of complex IT solutions and services in the region. Since 2017 @ Microsoft she has been driving sales and business development of the public sector in Slovenia and Croatia, with the goal to empower public sector employees and transform public sector services for citizens with the help of Microsoft technology and cooperation with the Microsoft partner ecosystem.  

Business Development Manager in Pivovarna Laško Union d.o.o. with a focus on delivering best service to our direct customers mostly by implementing digital solutions (eg CRM and Teams telephony) and by better understanding customers through (advanced) analytics (eg. Implementation of data analytics platform and building first use cases).  

Taja Šerjak, MBA is Head of Sales and Marketing in ADD. With the background from the financial industry she found a passion in IT with a focus on Data&AI and Cyber security solutions. She is responsible for managing strategic accounts and partners. A key focus of her work is building relationships within the team and developing business opportunities with existing and new clients in Slovenia and abroad.  

Marko Vrbnjak has 20 years of experience developing, marketing and selling technology products in the global market. As Infobip’s Head of Enterprise, he is using his expertise to help enterprises improve their customers' experience.  

Eliza Casapopol is working as a Data & Artificial Intelligence Specialist at Microsoft Netherlands helping companies in the CPG industry make use of their data to be able to create a competitive edge on the market. She is orginary from Romania, has a background in AI engineering and Mathematics and is keen to help people make use of the power of their data for better insights.