Kedar Joshi

CTO

Redmond, Washington, United States18 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Achieved tenfold scalability for Azure API Management.
Led a team to maintain a 99.99% SLA.
Cultivated a culture of innovation and collaboration.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on cloud infrastructure and scalable solutions.

Contact

kedar.joshi@live.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ComputingProject ManagementSoftware DevelopmentMicrosoft Azure

Other Skills

.NET FrameworkASP.NETApplication Programming Interfaces (API)AvailabilityC#Cloud Application DevelopmentCommunicationData-driven Decision MakingDistributed SystemsLeadershipMaintainabilityManagementReliabilitySQLSafety (RAMS)

About

At Microsoft, my team has revolutionized the Azure API Management Platform, enhancing service scalability & growth by tenfold. This feat was achieved by architecting a robust cloud infrastructure, which has become a cornerstone of our service delivery, and by implementing availability zone support, thus bolstering system resiliency to align with a 99.99% SLA. My team's focus is on developing cutting-edge software solutions for Azure API Management platform, infrastructure, and provisioning scenarios by architecting, designing, implementing, and managing large-scale distributed backend systems. Harnessing these skills has enabled us to advance Microsoft's mission and deliver robust, scalable products. My core competencies lie in technical excellence & strategic project management to deliver high-quality software services & products and optimizing processes & tools that aligns with the organization's goals. In my capacity as Software Engineering Manager, the focus extends beyond technical leadership to cultivating an environment ripe for innovation. These collective efforts have fortified platform availability, security, and enhanced network isolation, reflecting a steadfast commitment to technical excellence and the advancement of our team through deliberate project management and effective cross-functional collaboration.

Experience

Microsoft

2 roles

Software Engineering Manager

Promoted

Aug 2016 – Present · 9 yrs 7 mos · On-site

Led and managed Azure API Management Platform team overseeing delivery of reliable & scalable infrastructure, platform along with service provisioning scenarios.
Architected, implemented & expanded cloud architecture for API Management control plane and service infrastructure that helped scale the service by 10x within 5 years.
Spearheaded all fundamentals initiatives for API Management service, highlights being, increased resiliency by architecting & implementing availability zone support on infrastructure components, improved availability of runtime platform as well as control plane SLA to 99.99%, enhanced security by replating on next Gen VMs & automating latest security guidelines, provided network isolation feature which accounts for over 60% of service revenue.
Collaborated with product management, customers, partner teams and stakeholders to define technical requirements, project timelines and ensured resource & results alignment with business goals.
Mentored and coached team members & managers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, collaboration and professional growth leading to high team moral and increased productivity.

Distributed SystemsCloud ComputingScalable ArchitectureReliabilityAvailabilityMaintainability+13

Software Development Engineer

Feb 2008 – Jul 2016 · 8 yrs 5 mos · On-site

Designed and implemented provisioning & deployment scenarios for Azure Mobile Service & API Management service.
Collaborated and coordinated with cross teams across Azure define requirements, design, implementation and successfully onboarded and deployed new service offerings in Azure.
Owned and developed scenarios for disaster recovery, release automation and compliance for various Azure services.
Optimized database queries and legacy code, leading to 20% reduction in daily billing processing times.
Mentored junior developers by conducting code reviews, pair programming sessions, technical workshops leading to increased team productivity.

ASP.NETC#SQL.NET FrameworkSoftware DevelopmentMicrosoft Azure+2

Abitco, inc

Co-op

Aug 2007 – Dec 2007 · 4 mos

Role: Designed and developed a web application from ground up.
Description: The web application was built to allow building inspectors to access
various building inspection forms through the web. The web application was developed in
ASP.NET using Visual Studio 2005 as a tool.

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