Lydia Smyers
Vice President - Telco, Media, Gaming US, Microsoft
Lydia Smyers is listed as Vice President - Telco, Media, Gaming US, Microsoft. Lydia is scheduled to speak at Microsoft Ignite 2026 on 18 November 2026.
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About
Lydia Smyers is Vice President of the Customer and Partner Solutions for U.S. Telco, Media and Gaming at Microsoft. She leads the team of over 400 Microsoft professionals, including account executives, technology strategists, and sales directors, all dedicated to delivering exceptional service to the top 300 enterprises in the Telco, Media, & Gaming industries. Lydia's boundless curiosity and commitment to lifelong learning make her an energetic and dedicated leader. She thrives on empowering her workforce and customers to build innovative solutions that make a real impact – whether it's for legal professionals, sports fans, management consultants, and more. Over the last decade at Microsoft, she held various roles, including Vice President of Americas Northeast and U.S. Education. In these roles, she helped organizations catalyze their AI journeys and enhance student skills in collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking through Microsoft's technology. These experiences have f
Upcoming
Microsoft Ignite 2026 17 November 2026 – 20 November 2026
- Orchestrating media intelligence with AI Speaker · 18 November 2026
Spoke alongside
People who have shared a session with Lydia at events on B2DB.
- Kevin Shatzkamer CVP, Engineering (Forward Deployed) · Microsoft 1 shared session
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- Christian Sarafidis Chief Executive EMEA Financial Services 13 sessions
- Tyler Pichach Global Head of AI Strategy and GTM for Payments and Banking 12 sessions
- Justin Garrett Principal Program Manager Lead, DevRel, Azure Experiences & Ecosystems, Cloud + AI Engineering 10 sessions
- Karuana Gatimu Director, Scale Experience Group 10 sessions
- Heather Cook Principal PM Manager, Microsoft 365 Customer Advocacy Group 9 sessions
- Nitya Narasimhan Senior Cloud Advocate (AI) 9 sessions
- Brad Smith Vice Chair and President 8 sessions
- Lee Stott Principal Cloud Advocate - Core AI 8 sessions
- Lorena Mora Senior Product Manager | Microsoft Intune & Windows 8 sessions
- Sonia Cuff Cloud Advocate Lead - Cloud Native & Linux Advocacy 8 sessions
- Bethany Jepchumba Developer Relations 7 sessions
- Paolo Pialorsi Senior Developer Advocate 7 sessions