Peggy Johnson

“Apparently, my grandfather left from Cork to America without saying goodbye to his mother! The family in Longford is still not happy about that.”

“The 14th of 15 kids, I was the second youngest - not a coveted spot on the family totem pole.”

“Do one thing well, and then build from there.”

“Wireless technology is creating entrepreneurship on a small scale that allows a single woman to set up a business in a small village or a single farmer or fisherman to access and disseminate market information in order to get the best price for their products.”

“Acompli is just a great example of a fabulous app.”

“When text messaging first came out, you could only text within your network, whatever operator you had. It seems silly now, but once those walls came down, all sorts of applications and services were built on top of that. It ended up being good for everybody.”

“I think our Acompli acquisition was an interesting one, which started with a partnership and looking at their mobile e-mail app on iOS and Android. And what I would like to highlight with that one is the speed that we actually turned that around and brought it out the door.”

“We are constantly scanning for opportunities.”

“I spend a lot of time in the Valley. I'm probably down there every other week or so.”

“As a college freshman with an on-campus job, I was delivering paperwork to the engineering department one day. There, I encountered two department assistants whose faces lit up with the hope that I was a prospective student. I hadn't come there to enroll, but their reactions piqued my interest.”

“I worked on anti-submarine warfare for surface ships.”

“As our smartphone becomes even smarter, mobile technology should actually take the burden out of our daily lives.”

“I just feel like you should be able to have a respectful work environment, because if you do, you'll be your best self.”

“You're sitting in the car for many, many minutes a day. Can that be part of your new office? Can it be your new desk, a place where you actually get work done? We believe it can.”

“We're thrilled that our partnership with Adobe has now grown to span our three clouds - Microsoft Azure, Office 365, and Dynamics 365 - providing customers with the powerful integrations they need to navigate digital transformation.”

“Cyanogen has done an interesting job with their version of Android - the Cyanogenmod. And they're on 50-million-plus devices. And that's just another ecosystem that we wanted to tap into and to bring our Office apps to.”

“I grew up in a big, blended Irish Catholic family just outside of Los Angeles.”

“Over the course of my career as an engineer-turned-tech evangelist, I've had the privilege of travelling the world and seeing the extraordinary impact of mobile on people and communities across a broad range of cultures and socio-economic strata. In many ways, mobile is a democratizing force. It empowers us. It inspires us. It extends our reach.”

“Together with Adobe, we're committed to fostering creativity and a culture of teamwork for our shared customers so they can unlock the opportunities of today's rapidly evolving workplace.”

“At Microsoft, we know first-hand how passionate entrepreneurs can change the world. We believe that technology can empower everyone to achieve more.”