Hala Batainah is the Federal Director and branch manager for Microsoft in Canberra, a position she took up in September 2010. Prior to this, Hala was at IBM Australia where she held various Canberra and A/NZ roles in sales and management for more than 11 years focused on software.
Hala is passionate about Information Technology (IT), software, women in IT and the role of IT in society. She holds a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) from the USA and is currently completing her MBA through the Australian Graduate School of Management.
Hala is originally from Jordan and moved to Canberra 21 years ago and is married with 2 children.