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Sonia Bashir Kabir
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| name                      = Sonia Bashir Kabir
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| birth_place               = [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]
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| occupation                = Business Executive and Entrepreneur 
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| title                     = Managing Director, Microsoft Bangladesh Limited
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| awards                     = Microsoft Founder Award, SDG Pioneer Award, 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/113752|title=Sonia Bashir Kabir recognised as SDG pioneer|first=The|last=Independent|publisher=}}</ref>
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'''Sonia Bashir Kabir''' is a Bangladeshi business executive. She is the Managing Director of Microsoft Bangladesh Limited and co-founder of IT Firm Syntec and D Money, a financial technology sector start-up. She was a national athlete and she has played for Bangladesh National Volleyball team and Bangladesh National Cricket team. Before joining the national team she played both volleyball and cricket for Abahani. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.softexpo.com.bd/speakers/profile/8/sonia-bashir-kabir|title=Sonia Bashir Kabir - BASIS SoftExpo 2017|website=BASIS SoftExpo|access-date=2017-09-13|archive-date=2018-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725103026/http://www.softexpo.com.bd/speakers/profile/8/sonia-bashir-kabir|url-status=dead}}</ref> She serves on boards of the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), the business and computer science schools of North South University and the business school of the Independent University Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basis.org.bd/index.php/about/executive_councils|title=BASIS|website=www.basis.org.bd|access-date=2017-09-13|archive-date=2019-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302033122/https://basis.org.bd/index.php/about/executive_councils|url-status=dead}}</ref> Former [[UN]] Secretary-General [[Ban Ki-moon]] appointed Sonia in 2015 to the Governing Council of the Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries (LDC) for a 3 year term. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.risingbd.com/english/Sonia-Bashir-Kabir-to-get-UN-award/47961|title=Sonia Bashir Kabir to get UN award|first=|last=risingbd.com|publisher=}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Sonia passed SSC and HSC from Vicarunnessa High school and College. After that she educated and trained in [[Silicon Valley]]. She lived in Northern California for 20 years. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://hifipublic.com/2014/06/16/sonia-bashir-kabir-microsoft-bangladeshs-new-country-manager/|title=Sonia Bashir Kabir : Microsoft Bangladesh’s New Country Manager - HiFiPublic.com|publisher=}}</ref>

== Career ==

After completing MBA, Sonia worked in Silicon Valley for Fortune 100 companies including [[Sun Microsystems]] and [[Oracle]]. Her expertise includes strategic planning and growth, sales execution, financial management, team building and change management. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bwit-bd.com/prof_sonia_bashir_kabir.php|title=BWIT|website=www.bwit-bd.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://futurestartup.com/2015/10/27/the-league-of-extraordinary-women-in-tech/|title=The League Of Extraordinary Women: 06 Women Who Are Redefining Bangladesh’s Tech Industry|date=27 October 2015|publisher=}}</ref>Before work with Microsoft Bangladesh she served as Country Manager for Dell Bangladesh and Chief Operating Officer for Aamra Technologies Limited. She is the Founder President of TiE Dhaka, Co-founder of Bangladesh Women in IT (BWIT) and Board Member of the American International School, Dhaka. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/business/microsoft-bangladesh-chief-wins-un-recognition-1461424|title=Microsoft Bangladesh chief wins UN recognition|date=13 September 2017|publisher=}}</ref> She is also Director of Women Entrepreneurs’ Association (WEA), Member of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Women’s Wing and Member, Abahani Women’s Games Development Committee (AWGDC).
==Awards==
* Microsoft Founder Award <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/bytes/sonia-bashir-kabir-wins-microsoft-founder-award-1263409|title=Sonia Bashir Kabir wins Microsoft Founder Award|date=2 August 2016|publisher=}}</ref>
* SDG Pioneer Award, 2017 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/feature/people-feature/2017/09/12/microsoft-bangladeshs-md-sonia-bashir-kabir-recognised-womens-digital-empowerment/|title=Microsoft Bangladesh's MD Sonia Bashir Kabir recognised for women's digital empowerment - Dhaka Tribune|website=www.dhakatribune.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/254087/Sonia-BashirKabir-to-get-UNSDG-award|title=Sonia Bashir
Kabir to get UN
SDG award - daily sun|first=The Daily|last=Sun|publisher=}}</ref> 

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