Gebi Liang

Deputy Head of Microsoft Software Technology Center Asia | Vice President of Engineering for Teams and SharePoint of Microsoft China | Executive Sponsor of Diversity and Inclusion for Microsoft GCR and Asia Pacific R&D Group

Ms. Gebi Liang is the vice president of engineering for Teams and SharePoint for Microsoft China. She leads the engineering organization to develop Teams, one of the world’s fastest growing collaboration platforms. She leads enhancements to SharePoint Online, one of the world’s largest SaaS. 

Before her current role, she worked for many years in Microsoft’s public cloud, launching several Azure services from ideation to market release. She spearheaded the China Cloud Innovation Center (CCIC), which played a key role in addressing the unique technical needs of China-based customers’ journey to the cloud. 

Ms. Liang is a passionate advocate of Microsoft’s culture of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I). She leads multiple efforts to drive more equitable representation and promote career development for Microsoft’s female employees, as well as to advance diversity and inclusion culture in the workplace. She actively participates in a broad array of activities outside of Microsoft to inspire women to pursue STEM careers, as well as nurture an emerging generation of female business and technology leaders. Ms. Liang was featured on Forbes China's 50 Top Women in Tech and the Fortune China’s Most Powerful Women in 2020. 

Prior to joining Microsoft, Ms. Liang was a 15-year veteran of Intel, holding several key technical and leadership roles in the United States and China. 

Ms. Liang holds a master's degree in computer science from College of William & Mary and a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Beijing Normal University. She is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) certified coach.