Hamza Chishti seated in a European town square at golden hour
Tech Leader× Mentor× Storyteller
New York × Lahore

Hamza Chishti.

Director of Cloud & AI at Microsoft Startups — helping ambitious professionals navigate global careers at the intersection of technology and culture.

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A quick introduction

Sixteen years ago I was a CS student in Lahore. Today I lead Cloud & AI at Microsoft Startups — and I spend the rest of my time making that path reachable for everyone behind me.

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— what I keep coming back to
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