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Tara Roth

Board Member | Corporate Vice President, Engineering | Former Microsoft Executive

South Dakota Mines•United States

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Experience34+ Years
LevelLeadership

Executive Overview

As a Corporate Vice President in Engineering, I’ve had an amazing opportunity to work at Microsoft for 33 years, leading multi-discipline and global engineering teams, building products such as Office and Microsoft 365. One of my most fun recent projects was integrating AI into the Office suite of products as we built M365 Copilot; pivoting the organizations focus to AI. I have a passion for helping businesses of all types transform the way they work, enabled with technology. With my new advisory contributions as a University Advisory Board member with the South Dakota Mines, I'm excited to help the school accomplish its mission, providing advice and counsel to the President of the university. I look forward to giving back to the local community and deepening my perspective on how AI and technology can serve businesses of all sizes.

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • Oct 2025–Present· 1 yr
    • Board MemberCurrent
      Oct 2025–Present
  • Jul 1992–Oct 2025· 33 yrs 3 mos
    • Corporate Vice President, Microsoft 365
      Oct 2016–Oct 2025
    • Corporate Vice President, Office Test
      Jun 2010–Oct 2016
    • Partner Director, Manager and Software Design Engineer in Test
      Jul 2006–Jun 2010
    • Manager, Information Technology
      Mar 1999–Jul 2006
    • Software Design Engineer in Test | Test Lead
      Jul 1992–Mar 1999

Education

Bachelor of Science - BS

Industrial Engineering

South Dakota Mines

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Service DeliveryEngineering ManagementEngineeringAgile MethodologiesScrumDigital TransformationTeam BuildingSharePointSoftware IndustryMicrosoft TeamsMicrosoft CopilotTechnology IntegrationSoftware Quality AssuranceCross-functional Team LeadershipMicrosoft 365Software as a Service (SaaS)Artificial Intelligence (AI)Board of DirectorsEngineering LeadershipTesting