By Andrew Weiland
Publication Date: 2026-10-01 02:45:00
Kathleen Hogan, the chief strategy and transformation officer for Microsoft, was the featured speaker at the Marquette University College of Business Administration’s Business Leaders Forum event on Tuesday, Sept. 29.
A Brookfield native, Hogan has worked for Microsoft for nearly 24 years. Prior to that she was a partner with global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company and prior to that she was a development manager with Austin, Texas-based software company Oracle. She is also a board member for Alaska Airlines.
After meeting with a group of Marquette students earlier in the day, Hogan participated in a keynote conversation at the Business Leaders Forum event with Andrew DeGuire, the James H. Keyes Dean of the College of Business Administration and Graduate School Management at Marquette.
The following are portions of that conversation:
Tell us about your journey from where you grew up to where you are today
Hogan: “I grew up in Brookfield, Wisconsin. I’m a proud…