About Talisha

The human side of change, from someone who's led both sides of it.

Talisha Padgett is a marketing and transformation executive, speaker, and coach who has spent more than 20 years leading teams through digital, AI, and organizational change — and is now teaching others how to navigate that same terrain without losing themselves.

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GM, Global Marketing Platforms & AI Transformation

Microsoft · since October 2022

Talisha leads global marketing platform strategy and AI-driven transformation — sitting at the exact intersection her content is built on: systems changing faster than the humans inside them can process.

Education

MBA, Robert H. Smith School of Business

University of Maryland

Her formal training in strategy and organizational behavior underpins the frameworks she now teaches publicly through Talisha Talks and Humxn Loop®.

Career at a Glance

20+ years across some of the most recognized brands in the world.

Marketing, digital, and transformation leadership roles across consumer, hospitality, retail, and technology — the range that makes "the human side of change" more than a slogan.

GM, Global Marketing Platforms & AI Transformation
Microsoft — since 2022

Leading global marketing platform strategy and AI transformation initiatives.

Marketing & Transformation Leadership
Comcast

Customer Data, Digital Marketing and Organizational Transformation.

Brand and Marketing Transformation
Under Armour

Digital Marketing Leadership inside a global consumer performance brand.

Digital and Product Marketing
Marriott & Hilton

Various Digital Product and Partnership Marketing Roles Across 2 of the Largest Hospitality Organizations.

Marketing & Strategy Leadership
MarketBridge & American Home Shield

Early foundations in strategic marketing and go-to-market leadership.

Why This Perspective Is Different

She's sat in the rooms this content is about.

Talisha isn't teaching corporate navigation from the outside. Every framework in The Humxn Loop® — on power, change, and empathy — is drawn from two decades of doing the job at companies where the stakes, the politics, and the pace were real.

Change happens in systems. Transformation happens in humans.
On Stage

Recent speaking & teaching

Adobe Summit 2026 Speaker

Women in Tech 2026 Panelist

Sitecore Symposium 2025

Author: MarTech · Author, LinkedIn Learning course

In the Media

Hear it directly from Talisha.