Ashley Haynes-gaspar

Executive Vice President & Chief Revenue Officer, Lumen

Search every verified Ashley Haynes-gaspar interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Ashley Haynes-Gaspar, then Chief Operating Officer of Industry and Business Applications for the US at Microsoft, delivered a keynote at the Ideagen 2022 Global Impact Summit. She stated that climate change is "one of the greatest challenges of our lifetime" and that "the time is really now for us to come together and tackle this challenge." She described Microsoft's commitment to building toward a net zero carbon economy and highlighted the company's environmental, social, and governance goals, including achieving carbon negative, water positive, and zero waste commitments by 2030. Haynes-Gaspar discussed the June 2022 launch of the Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability, which she said "empowers organizations to accelerate sustainability progress and business growth." She cited a partnership with the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders, for whom Microsoft built custom machine learning technology to analyze weather data and optimize energy efficiency at Allegiant Stadium. She also referenced a Deloitte finding that "strong climate action could deliver 43 trillion dollars to the global economy by 2070," arguing that business growth and sustainability goals "are not mutually exclusive."