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San Francisco, CA, US

Redmond, Washington, US

• Led the development and delivery of the Graph (REST) APIs for a world-class communications product by driving the product strategy, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring that the product met customer.
• Built the Graph (REST) APIs for Microsoft Teams from the ground up, creating an ecosystem of first- and third-party apps that integrate with Microsoft Teams.
• Created a new revenue stream through licensing and API consumption fees. Built the business case and grew a team from 1 to 5 PMs who delivered high-value APIs to ISV partners and customers.
• Unblocked Teams adoption in highly regulated industries. Created APIs to power a suite of security and compliance apps. Partnered with firms like McAfee and Netskope to offer data loss prevention and Smarsh and Theta.
• Built provisioning, management, and governance apps. Enabled customer tenants to deploy Microsoft Teams at scale, partnering with Teams Admin Center and with firms such as AvePoint, tyGraph, and Modality. Created.
• Embedded Teams messages in third party applications. Worked with major airlines to bring Teams into their flight crew workflow. Partnered with ServiceNow to embed Teams messages into their app, allowing service agents.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Drove initiatives to expand business opportunities for third-party developers creating apps for Windows, making Windows a more attractive platform for developers and expanding the choice of apps for customers.
• Brought XAML to the Xbox, leading to >400 new apps. Created a shared design system for PC and Xbox.
• Enabled XAML apps to run on Windows Phone by improving performance 30-50%. Drove performance solutions across multiple organizations, including filesystem, graphics, and applications.
• Broadened the catalog of games on Windows Phone by enabling developers to use C++, changing the economics of developing for Windows Phone. Led a team of 3 program managers that built C++ APIs.
• Enabled applications to meet accessibility standards, allowing users with disabilities to upgrade to Windows 10. Created and shipped tools for detecting accessibility problems.

Redmond, Washington, US

Expanded the capabilities of web apps. Led a team of 3 program managers that added video playback capabilities (used by Netflix and NBC Olympics), window management, file system access, client-side C#/.Net and C++ to webpages. Built threat models and worked with pen testers and security researchers to find and fix security vulnerabilities.