Jan 2022 – Aug 2022 · 7 mos · Greater Seattle Area

• Product Manager on the Advanced Communications Platform team.
• Developed new conversational messaging channels to power omni-channel business messaging at scale.
• Identified new business growth opportunities and created GTM strategies for the advanced messaging product portfolio.

Sep 2020 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Presenter, "Ask the Experts", Microsoft Ignite 2020
• Product Manager for Virtual Machine Scale Sets, Azure’s native at-scale elastic Infrastructure-as-a-Service product
• ­- Building differentiated solutions and industry-first offerings to manage cloud infrastructure updates on a global scale
• ­- Working on lighting responses to patching zero-day security vulnerabilities
• ­- Collaborating with peer product teams to develop integrated solutions, API contracts and customer journeys

Oct 2018 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Speaker, “How to manage Azure infrastructure at scale”, at Microsoft Ready 2019, Seattle
• Product Manager for Virtual Machine Scale Sets, Azure’s native at-scale elastic Infrastructure-as-a-Service product
• ­- Built and managed core features for VMSS including elastic scale, platform stability and updates
• Envisioned a new deployment model for VMSS to provide greater flexibility and improved performance for IaaS customers
• ­- Worked directly with enterprise customers to guide them from proof-of-concept to scaled deployments
• Product Manager for Microsoft Teams, Microsoft’s hub for team collaboration in Office 365
• ­ - Implemented the Shifts product in Teams to empower frontline workers to manage and own their work schedules
• ­- Drove product roadmap by establishing product vision and identifying new business growth opportunities

Sep 2016 – Oct 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Product Manager for Azure Site Recovery, Azure’s business continuity and disaster recovery service
• Speaker, Datacenter Modernization and Migration to the Public Cloud, at Microsoft Future Decoded 2017, London.
• As part of my work with Azure Site Recovery, I was involved in technical product management as well as strategic partner management for my product.
• Strategy and Partner Development:
• Led Azure Site Recovery’s partner development efforts and owning partner business growth KPIs for the product
• Established strategic partnerships with Microsoft partners to structure and launch 20+ customer solution offerings
• Engaged C-level audience on regular business strategy discussions, sales reviews and go-to-market timelines
• Collaborated with peer product teams to develop integrated solutions to drive business unit revenue growth targets
• Worked with Marketing and partner teams to build partner channel programs, product trainings and sales collateral
• Product Management:
• Drove product roadmap by establishing product vision, identifying business opportunities, and prioritizing product backlog
• Product owner for Networking, responsible for architecting Enterprise deployment models and scale growth plans
• Worked with Engineering to define and implement compelling user stories that address customer requirements
• Led the initiatives for VMware-to-Azure disaster recovery for on-premises workloads to the Microsoft Azure cloud

May 2016 – Sep 2016 · 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Product Manager for Ray Mobile (practice management software) - Android and iOS
• Developed new features for the next-gen versions of the mobile applications.
• Guided 2 engineering teams with 11 engineers for the development effort.
• Conducted on-ground and online customer surveys to gauge consumer interest and feedback for existing and upcoming product features.

Mar 2015 – Mar 2015 · 0 mo · Noida Area, India

• Technical Product Leader
• Managed end-to-end Android software release programs for multiple Samsung smartphone and tablet models. Delivered customized mobile software solutions to 30+ telecom operators across the EU and CIS (Russia) regions.
• Devised a new software build verification process which reduced software release approval time by over 25%.
• Mentored knowledge propagation and project training programs for 20+ regional project leaders.

Jun 2012 – Feb 2015 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Noida Area, India

• Tech. Management Group - Technical Product Leader
• Led OS-upgrade release programs for Samsung's flagship range of Galaxy smartphones and tablets for Europe and CIS (Russia) regions. Projects included Galaxy S5, Galaxy E5, Galaxy Tab and more.
• Applications & Framework Team - User Interface - Homescreen
• Designed and administered features for the central home screen user interface for Samsung's Android devices. Also worked on other Android applications, widgets and services.
• Implemented a new tablet user design interface across all Samsung tablet products (15+) for the year 2013.
• Delivered optimized launchers for different device form factors such as Samsung Galaxy Gear watch and low-cost phones.
• Led a team of 4 engineers that created the user interface for Samsung’s smart camera device.

Jan 2012 – May 2012 · 4 mos · Noida Area, India

• Android Homescreen development and customization

Jun 2011 – Jul 2011 · 1 mo · New Delhi Area, India

• Website development