Dave Jaworski

Board Member

Dave Jaworski is currently the Principal Program Manager for Microsoft Teams development. He has also held previous roles at Microsoft including Global Digital Advisor and General Manager of US Sales and Operations. Dave was employee #3 at Microsoft Canada and was the first ever recipient of Bill Gates’ Chairman’s Award of Excellence. Dave was also one of the six-member team that created Microsoft Office.

In 2017, Dave published a book on his experiences in the early days at Microsoft entitled “Microsoft Secrets: An Insider’s View of the Rocket Ride from Worst to First and Lessons Learned on the Journey”. In between his two tenures at Microsoft, Dave led a distinguished technology career having founded a variety of technology start-ups and led a number of companies in a diverse set of industries including digital media and music.

Dave has a Bachelor of Science/Computer Science degree from the University of Manitoba and also sits on the advisory board of Payworks, a leading expert in the field of total workforce management solutions to businesses across Canada