Neil Powell, MBA ‘98 – Director of Finance, Cloud and AI Supply Chain, Microsoft

05/14/25 • 41 min

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Neil Powell has almost 35 years of corporate finance experience in the banking and high-tech industries. He is currently the Director of Finance, Cloud and AI Supply Chain at Microsoft and has served as the VP of Finance and Corporate Controller at Lattice Semiconductor, as well as numerous roles at Intel, including Senior Director at Intel Capital’s venture capital fund and as the CFO of Intel Japan. Neil spent 5 years teaching finance at Indiana University, where he also earned his MBA. Hear what business & life lessons you can learn from running marathons, what the future of supply chain will look like, the unbelievable scale of data centers, why hard work is always the answer, and his most memorable experience running the Boston Marathon. Learn more about Neil at Microsoft.com and on LinkedIn, and learn more about IU Ventures at IUVentures.com. This podcast is presented by Kelley Direct Online MBA. Learn more at Kelley.IU.edu

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Kenzie Weston Mucci, BA ‘13 – Investor, Takeda Digital Ventures

Kenzie Weston Mucci is a member of the investment team at Takeda Digital Ventures, focused on virtual-first care and PharmaTech investments. Previously, she worked in strategy on the Digital Health Sciences team within Takeda’s Data Sciences Institute. Prior to her time at Takeda, she managed the Beiwe digital health platform at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and worked in the Health and Public Service Operating Group at Accenture. Hear how she got engaged at IU, the top trends in digital health, how AI will change healthcare, what to look for in a founder as an investor, and how The Princeton Review book impacted Kenzie’s decision to go to IU. Learn more about Kenzie at Takeda.com and on LinkedIn, and learn more about IU Ventures at IUVentures.com. This podcast is presented by Kelley Direct Online MBA. Learn more at Kelley.IU.edu