Sarah Watrous is a Technology and Project Management at Microsoft. She possess expertise in event planning, email marketing, event management, management, leadership and 11 more skills. Colleagues describe her as "Sarah is one of those rare, exceptional talents that will excel in any role, at any company and when facing any challenge. Working with Sarah is a pleasure, but more importantly, learning from Sarah made me a better leader and I think, a better manager too. Sarah worked for me in several roles - business manager, strategic roles, and most recently Chief of Staff. She is exceptional at managing up (I suspect she prefers that, than managing down, frankly) and quickly became someone I looked towards to challenge my own thinking and to help inform a better decision making process. Sarah is highly allergic to operational inefficiencies and develops trust across an organisation quickly. She learns very rapidly, she adapts as needed, and she embraces complexity. She does what she says she's going to do, and does it extraordinarily well. And she will not rest until what is needed done is done, and if she hasn't done something before, she'll figure it out. When Sarah says she will do something, you can take that to the bank. I came to rely upon Sarah to gut and sanity check nearly every aspect of my decision making at the company. I will miss working with Sarah terribly, and would unreservedly recommend her for any role going forward. She is a truly rare find, and I fervently hope I have the fortune and pleasure to work with her again before my career is over.", "I had the pleasure of working with Sarah when I was the President of the PCMA PNW Chapter in 2008. I relied on her to be my help as I navigated the role of leading the Chapter. She was always available and able to provide the help I needed. Sarah is professional, responsive, helpful, self-directed, provides valuable suggestions and recommendations, detail oriented & able to manage the varied requests that came from several committee chairs and board members. She managed registration, membership lists, sponsors, general questions & kept track of our history. We relied on Sarah's services to provide consistency to the organization year after year as our volunteer base was often changing.", and "Sarah is an incredibly sharp, intelligent and strategic thinker. We worked together on a regular basis on numerous projects which she always brought fresh, out of the box perspectives to. Her communication is clear and she is able to lead people through potentially complicated and ambiguous situations. She is a positive person who people enjoy working with and she is always offering to take on new tasks and challenges. Sarah is an extremely agile learner and continuously seeks ways to improve projects, systems or situations. Her “big picture” ability sets her apart from the rest and her openness to change, innovative ideas, and ways to improve make her a key asset to the company."