Sep 2019 – May 2022 · 2 yrs 8 mos

• In my final role at Microsoft, I led a new Azure initiative from zero to production—building a new multi-discipline team and delivering core networking for new enterprise products and revenue streams. The Azure Specialized organization enabled major enterprise products such as VMware and large-scale SAP deployments to run as fully managed services on Azure infrastructure and platforms. I was accountable for delivering and operating the networking stacks that enabled customers to move complex and traditionally self-hosted workloads into Azure seamlessly.
• I scaled a multi-discipline organization from ~15 to ~100 engineers (networking, software, and data), while partnering closely with the core Azure Networking organization to maximize reuse of existing platforms and infrastructure. This role combined hyperscale infrastructure leadership, deep networking expertise, and close partnership with both internal Azure teams and strategic external partners.
• Examples of delivered impact include
• Delivering a new Azure hardware SKU hosting an innovative network appliance that acted as a common “socket” for enterprise products to connect to the core Azure network;
• Leading network design, implementation, and operations for large revenue-generating products in Azure that included SAP on bare metal servers (a first for Azure), VMWare, and NetApp;
• Leading design and delivery of the networking capabilities for the first supercomputer in Azure, custom built for OpenAI.

Feb 2015 – May 2022 · 7 yrs 3 mos

• In this role at Microsoft, I led the engineering of a new Azure service, Azure Frontdoor, after growing it from an internal v1 service to a v2 version for use by external customers. Initially, I stabilized the engineering team, giving them space and time to develop end-to-end ownership of the v1 service. Next, I grew the team and their level of experience, while shifting the initial design for the v2 to prioritize performance, scale, and multi tenancy to support more large internal Microsoft properties, including Microsoft Office and Windows Update. During this time, I focused on the core serving stack of the service, while also partnering with senior leaders in other divisions at Microsoft to architect and deliver multi-tenancy and support for stateful services such as Office.
• Following the organization’s transition from Bing to Azure, I assumed accountability for all engineering aspects of the service and partnered with Product to monetize and launch the platform for Azure customers. The launch provided Azure customers with the same performance and reliability improvements we had delivered for Bing and Office.
• Examples of delivered impact include:
• Providing significant performance and reliability improvements for users on Bing, Office, and other Microsoft web applications;
• Scaling the technology and team to go from supporting a single large-scale stateless internal service (Bing) to multiple large scale stateful and stateless services, both internal and external;
• Leading key architectural, implementation, and integration decisions across the serving stack with key partners and stakeholders;
• Driving operational maturity, improving reliability and security through process, culture, and technical investments.

Jul 2011 – May 2022 · 10 yrs 10 mos

• Lead engineer responsible for people management and technical leadership for an internet scale service that supports common features across several Microsoft properties. The team is responsible for designing, developing, testing and deploying a highly available and highly performance service that processes HTTP requests/responses providing capabilities such as load balancing, caching, protocol support, and client to service monitoring for partners. The team operates in a fast paced and high visibility position in the technology stack.

May 2006 – May 2022 · 16 yrs

• Development Manager in the Virtual Earth developer team. Responsible for leading the end-to-end development of Photosynth, including client/web/service and involved in other Virtual Earth projects.
• Previously worked to develop services for Microsoft's casual games site.

Mar 2002 – Apr 2006 · 4 yrs 1 mo

• Key contributor in the development of all backend services used to support Turbine's gaming products. Lead design and development of the services, and key contributor for many technical decisions. Also responsible for the day to day management of the team, responsible for scheduling, hiring and firings.

Aug 2000 – Feb 2002 · 1 yr 6 mos

Dec 1999 – Jun 2000 · 6 mos

Apr 1998 – Aug 1999 · 1 yr 4 mos

Jan 1997 – Mar 1998 · 1 yr 2 mos

Feb 1996 – Jan 1997 · 11 mos

Oct 1993 – Dec 1995 · 2 yrs 2 mos