Jon Lessard
Vice President, Environmental Health & Safety Coi Microsoft
Jon Lessard is Vice President of Environmental Health & Safety at Microsoft, where he leads global strategy to enhance workplace safety, compliance, and risk management across complex operations. A Certified Safety Professional with decades of experience, Jon has a strong track record of building robust EHS systems, driving culture change, and elevating safety excellence in diverse industries. His insights blend operational leadership with practical, people-centered safety solutions.
Seminars
Friday 10th July 2026
Panel: Shaping EHS Strategies that Evolve with Emerging Technologies & Building Systems to Keep Pace with Modernization of Data Centers
8:40 am
- Ensuring company EHS protocols adapt seamlessly to new technologies and operational requirements to manage adoption of evolving systems without creating gaps
- Navigating transitions such as longer-duration battery energy storage systems to minimize environmental impact of e-waste and implement procedures to address new health and safety risks
- Anticipating potential risks that new systems such as liquid cooling present to develop EHS procedures that mitigate these risks
