Teams Fireside Chat November 2026 - Live FROM mICROSOFT iGNITE
Join us for November's Teams Fireside Chat live from Ignite on 19th November at 08:00 PT / 16:00 UK - sign up to get the invite.We'll dig into key Microsoft Teams announcements from Ignite week, while Tom is live at the show.Teams Fireside Chat is an open community chat that is held each month. In each session, we are joined by a guest speaker who shares their insights. In the latter half, we open the floor to discussion and Q&A.Thanks to Crestron, this session's sponsor, for their continued support and for making events like this possible.
About Teams Fireside Chat
Teams Fireside Chat is a relaxed monthly online user group for the community to get together and have an informal chat.Every second Thursday of the month at 16:00 UK (aiming to catch the end of the Europe day and the start of the US day), there will be an information-packed 20-minute session from an expert, and then we will open the floor to questions and chat. It could be about the session, but it could also be about anything Microsoft Teams.
Previous Teams Fireside Chat Guests
Ilya Bukshteyn, VP, Microsoft Teams Calling, Devices and Premium Experiences
Juan Rivera, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Teams Calling, Meeting and Devices
Karuana Gatimu, Director, Microsoft 365 Customer Advocacy Group
Miguel Corteguera, Sr. Program Manager - Technical Strategy Team for Modern Work
Michel Bouman, EMEA Channel Sales Lead for Teams Rooms & Devices
Vandana Thomas, Product Leader Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile
Ron Pessner, Microsoft Corporate Vice President - Product Management
Kerry Perez Heffernan - Teams Product Marketing at Microsoft
Traci Herr, Sr. Escalation Engineer - Teams Voice & Devices
Kevin Peters, Director of Business Strategy, Microsoft Teams Phone
Alev Tamer, Sr. Copilot Technical Specialist
Chris Wheeler, Sr. Technical Specialist
Connie Evans-Welsh, Principal Global Blackbelt for the Americas
Stella Lin, Prinicpal PM Lead, Microsoft Teams
Casandra Marrero, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Microsoft Teams
Scott Plette - Partner Group Project Manager - Teams Calling and Premium
Mansoor Malik, Principal Group Product Manager - Microsoft Teams
Margi Desai, Product Manager - Meetings Growth, Microsoft Teams Premium
Jimmy Vaughan - Partner Technical Specialist
Pete Daderko - Senior Director, Microsoft Teams Product Marketing
Jamie Stark, Principal Program Manager
Preethi Ramarathinam - Head of Product - Microsoft Teams Events, Microsoft
Brian R. Ricks - Co-Owner at BriComp IT Consulting Services
Graham Walsh - Director, Global Technical Sales, Alliances at Neat
Habib Mankal - Founder and Principal Consultant at WaveCore IT
Michael LaMontagne - Co-Founder of Entergrade
Zach Bennett - Principal Architect at LoopUp
Wendy Conzatti Arnett - Principal Product Manager Lead at Microsoft
Sean Gilmour - Principal Product Manager Lead - Advance Calling - Microsoft Teams
Han-Yi Shaw, Partner Director of Product | Microsoft Teams CMD at Microsoft
Kim Matlock - Principal Lead Program Manager at Microsoft
