Gustavo Semencato
Senior Director of Product
- Role
- Senior Director of Product Management at Microsoft
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Gustavo Semencato
Over 20 years of experience forming and leading highly effective teams working on product management, product launches, and large-scale programs and consulting projects.Currently leading product management and technical enablement for digital safety across Microsoft products and services. Previously served as the product management leader for Borderless, a company focused on developing a cloud-based platform for transforming edge networks. Responsible for the entire product development lifecycle, including technical and business planning, design, customer acquisition, and partner engagement.Also led various product management initiatives that resulted in significant business impact. At Databricks I led the product transformation that resulted in scalability and stability improvements for Databricks on Azure. At Microsoft, I was responsible for platform-wide product features that led to the acquisition of large strategic customers for the Cloud and AI platform, including the US Government and customers in highly regulated industries. At Amazon, I was responsible for the Search Frontend features that supported the successful launch of Whole Foods on Amazon.com.Furthermore, I drove product management for Windows devices, where I introduced several successful products in the consumer, commercial, and education market segments. Finally, the first phase of my career was focused on leading consulting engagements across diverse industries, assisting clients in fortifying their security posture and streamlining their business and technical processes.As described by a previous manager:\"He is very proactive and thinks several steps ahead often connecting dots that others do not see because they are only focused on their part of the business. To accomplish this, he engages with key stakeholders to get a pulse on what is happening across the business and then has the technical and business acumen as well as the forethought to help identify potential disconnects and risks.\"
Experience
Senior Director of Product Management
Dec 2023 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Leading technical enablement on digital safety for Microsoft products and services.
Education
Unilins - Centro Universitário de Lins
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Engineering
1998 — 2002
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Specialization in Strategic Leadership and Management, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
2016 — 2019
Wooster High School
Rotary International Exchange Student
1996 — 1997
Skills
- Security
- Business Continuity Planning
- Iso 27001
- Cisa
- IT Management
- Risk Management
- Marketing Operations
- Enterprise Risk Management
- IT Audit
- Management
- Disaster Recovery
- Information Security
- Consulting
- Pmo
- Leadership
- Governance
- Business Process Improvement
- Business Process
- Information Security Management
- IT Strategy
- Internal Audit
- Project Implementation
- Risk Assessment
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Program Management
- Project Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Sox 404
- Product Management
- Information Technology
- Team Leadership
- Strategy
- Change Management
- Business Continuity
- Enterprise Marketing
- Cobit
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