Ajay Martin Mani is a Partner Group Engineering Manager at Microsoft at Microsoft. He possess expertise in cloud computing, software development, distributed systems, scalability, windows azure and 22 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I reported to Ajay while I was working on Azure Compute Manager (a core service within Azure). During this time, I saw in Ajay a natural leader - someone who is able to orchestrate an entire organization to achieve challenging deliverables much greater than the sum of us all. In terms of technical expertise, Ajay's in-depth knowledge and openness to find the best idea consistently pointed the team in the right direction in terms of trade-offs, quality, cost and efficiency. As a manager, Ajay cultivated in me the drive to execute on hard deliverables, the patience to learn from my mistakes and the courage to believe in myself. All in all, I firmly believe that Ajay brings the right balance between technical expertise, people management and organizational leadership. I am grateful to have worked with him. "