Thought Leader

Janet Kennedy

VP, Google Cloud, North America Regions

Janet has a 30 year history of leading digital and technology transformations for her clients. She joined Google in July 2019 from EY, where she was the Digital Transformation leader for the Americas. Prior to joining EY, Kennedy served as the Vice President, MSUS Digital Transformation for Microsoft. As part of her 16-year tenure at Microsoft, Kennedy led the Microsoft Canada operations as President for four years, driving double digit growth on $2.5B in revenue. As a longtime Microsoft leader, she helped establish the business as a first-mover in cloud technology and was integral in customer acquisition.

She began her career at IBM in numerous roles in the Distribution Industry. In her last role, she led the Distribution Industry for the southeast, helping Retail & CPG clients modernize their technology, ecommerce and digital footprints. She joined Microsoft to build the Retail & Hospitality Industry practice in 2002, and held numerous roles as Microsoft increased their enterprise capabilities. She is a thought leader in cloud strategy, future of work, disruptive technologies, digital marketing and culture.