I’m Cindy Alvarez, Author of Lean Customer Development (published by O’Reilly) and Director of UX for E+D Growth at Microsoft. Previously at Microsoft, I was Director of UX for PowerPoint, Director of Customer Research for GitHub and Principal Group Product Manager in the Cloud & AI group. I’m a regular speaker at conferences & events and also give private workshops. I’m also passionate about diversity & inclusion: supporting women, Black and Latinx people, and girls in tech.