Monica Pool Knox

Monica Pool Knox is the head of global talent management at Microsoft and provides leadership to Microsoft’s global cultural transformation efforts through optimizing talent across the company’s 120K employee base in 109 countries. In her role, She leads initiatives focused on creating talent solutions that enable optimal leverage of employee capability as well as the Future of Talent, initiatives that ensure the company’s talent management solutions are relevant and reflect external market trends.

Prior to joining Microsoft, she was based in San Francisco where she led human resources for Global Media, Sales and Brand Strategy at Twitter. She has also held a number of senior executive HR roles with Sony and CBS Interactive, leading HR organizations in Marketing, Sales and technical businesses. She also served as Sony’s Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer where she developed and led initiatives that drove talent selection, leadership development, employee engagement and employer branding. In addition to her professional roles, she has worked internationally through her non-profit endeavors in Israel, Brazil, Nicaragua, Ghana, Costa Rica, Zimbabwe and Mexico. She is a dual citizen of Germany and speaks Spanish.

She serves on the Board of Howard University’s School of Communications and the Board of DreamSmart Academy, a non-profit organization that builds leadership skills and personal financial acumen to young adults in moderate to low income communities. She has also been named as one of the top 100 executives under 50 by Diversity MBA Magazine and serves as a member of the prestigious organization, the Executive Leadership Council.

She has an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin in Marketing and an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara in Communications. Monica enjoys outdoor concerts, movies with her family, playing basketball and is an avid reader. She lives with her husband and son in the Seattle area.