Sarah is an award-winning inventor and futurist. She has a unique ability to look at the world differently, to see the interconnectedness and inner workings of people, processes and planet.
She is the inventor of the Nutrition Graph (IBM patent), Project Edison from Microsoft and Microsoft's Project 15 Open Platform for the acceleration of conservation and ecological sustainability solutions. She holds multiple awards including an IBM Outstanding Innovation Award, IBM’s Excellence and Eminence Award and a Microsoft Polaris Award. She is a 2023 Microsoft Gold Club recipient for the invention of Mainframe Data Pipe for Azure developed in partnership with Kyndryl.
She is the founder of Project 15 from Microsoft that forged a groundbreaking partnership with the GEF Small Grants Program implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to accelerate conservation tech across their 26K+ NGO projects. This work was featured in the 2020 UNDP Annual Report. She volunteers her time to speak internationally with such organizations as the GEF, World Bank's Global Wildlife Program and United for Wildlife led by the Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales on the value of Private/Public Partnership (PPP) and is a global thought leader and expert in fighting environmental crime with technology.
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Oct 12 2025 (13:00 - 13:30)