Elise Ballard
Elise is a podcast producer, content strategist, and writer with a 25 year history working in the tech sector. Her podcast, blog, and social content inspires action and allegiance across research, technical, and business communities, wherever they are,.
Selected Work History | Portfolio
2022-2023
Podcast co-producer, research and speech writer
Microsoft Research
2007-2010
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Content strategist and writer, AI Frontiers: a podcast series with Microsoft Research VP Ashley Llorens on the science of AI and the role of research in its future.
Co-producer and content strategist, Big Bets and Breakthroughs: a podcast with Microsoft Research VP Ashley Llorens on AI’s social impact.
* NOTE: This podcast was never released due to potential controversy amid news at the time about Microsoft’s collaboration with OpenAI. Episode links above are for use only as portfolio examples and are not intended for public consumption. Use the password Umami2@23! to access these links.
Writer, Microsoft Research Blog: a series on the new and important in AI research. Wrote a series of articles including a piece on Microsoft’s collaboration with the UN Office on Migration and technology to support its counter-trafficking measures.