Micaela Giuhat

Director of 5G Strategy and Ecosystems, Microsoft

Micaela Giuhat joined Microsoft’s 5G Policy team in August 2020. Prior to that, she held executive roles in several telecom companies, most recently she served as a Vice President of Market Strategy for Metaswitch Networks.

Micaela brings along more than 30 years of industry experience, with previous executive positions in leading Cloud Communications, and IP Networking companies in the U.S as well as abroad.

She has extensive telecom background, and experience, contributions and leadership in different standards and industry bodies, such as ITU, Softswitch Consortium, and has been on the Board of Directors of the i3Forum until 2020. In 2021 she was nominated Vice-Chair of the Green G working group and Chair of the Policy Committee of the Next G Alliance, as well as Co-Chair of the FCC CSRIC working group 3.

Her experience spans wireline and wireless communications, with focus on virtualization, cloudification and 5G, in different roles, such as Product Management, Product Marketing, and M&A.

Giuhat holds a master in EE from the Romanian Polytechnic Institute, and a MBA from Ottawa University.