Mar 2022 – Apr 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Remote

Jun 2020 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Helped customers onboard on Microsoft Azure by migrating, modernizing and innovating their solutions on SaaS, Microservices, Containerization, and DevOps. Focused on Startups in India, worked with various stakeholders like Microsoft for Startups, One Commercial Partner (OCP) to build end-to-end customer journey. Provided onboarding guidance around solution design, conducted architecture reviews, guided on prioritization, provided support, and helped startups, ISVs to onboard to Azure Marketplace.

Jan 2020 – May 2020 · 4 mos · Pune Area, India

Apr 2018 – Sep 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Driving Azure consumption by helping customers with their solutions. These solutions included various Microsoft services like Azure Platform as a Service components including App Services (Web, Mobile, API), Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure API Management, Azure DevOps, Azure Serverless Platform (Azure Functions and Logic App), Cognitive Services, etc.
• Involved in understanding customer scenarios, help them by presenting technology, training and delivering Microsoft Cloud Workshops, conducting Architecture Design Sessions (ADS) for their scenarios, build Proof-of-Concepts (POC) or samples, supporting development as and when required and finally on-boarding the customer on Azure.

Jul 2016 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Working with developers and Microsoft engineering to close the gap between various Azure Services and Mobile SDKs. Did customer interviews and prepared requirement backlog with team to build SDKs for mobile platforms.

Jun 2014 – Jul 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Pune Area, India

• Created learning content (samples, blogs, videos) for technical audience. Delivered multiple day training on cross-platform mobile development to customers & partners along with technical sessions in various conferences around the world. Helped engineering with customer feedback.

Jun 2011 – Jun 2014 · 3 yrs · Pune Area, India

• As a consultant in a startup, directly worked with customers from requirement gathering to delivering solutions using different technologies including Web, Mobile, Cloud & SharePoint. Worked on projects involving technologies like Windows Store Applications, Android & iOS apps using Xamarin, Web/SharePoint applications using Microsoft.NET & jQuery

Jul 2008 – Aug 2010 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Conducted training for almost 10+ Microsoft Partners on .NET, HTML5, jQuery, Windows Phone, etc...

Sep 2007 – Jun 2008 · 9 mos

• During this internship, I created learning resources (blogs, articles, screencasts) on Microsoft Windows Mobile Platform. Apart from this, I conducted sessions at various community events like Microsoft Virtual TechDays, PUG Community Days. PUG DevCon, etc...
• Along with this, I introduced many IT Professionals to latest Microsoft technologies (Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008) as part of Microsoft Community Launch 2008 i.e. Heroes Happen Here Launch event.

Aug 2006 – Aug 2010 · 4 yrs

• As a Microsoft Student Partner, I evangelised Microsoft technologies to academic community in India. I visited many insititutes and universities in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Delhi (NCR). I talked about .NET Framework, ASP.NET, Windows Mobile and some other Microsoft Technologies.
• I was also one of the selected few MSPs to produce and edit content for Microsoft Channel 8 (now Microsoft Student Lounge: www.msstudentlounge.com).