Hemant Mahawar

About Hemant Mahawar

Platform Product executive with 20 years building infrastructure technologies that power some of the world\'s most critical software - including Microsoft 365.I specialize in taking platform bets from zero to enterprise scale: scaling systems 500x, growing cross-geo PM teams, and shipping infrastructure that developers actually adopt. I\'ve built AKS-based microservice platforms from the ground up, onboarded 200+ internal customers, and pioneered the open-source strategy that made PowerShell a cross-platform industry standard. Across Microsoft and Qualtrics, I\'ve operated at the intersection of deep technical systems and product strategy - from low-level OS and remoting protocols to Kubernetes-based cloud infrastructure at hyperscale. What I bring to senior product roles - Platform scale: 10K→5M compute cores across M365 infrastructure - Team leadership: cross-geo PM orgs across US, China & Brazil - Security & compliance ownership at hyperscale (AKS, containers, OS)- OSS strategy: PowerShell Core, DSC, PowerShell Gallery (10x growth)- 3 patents in configuration management and remote execution systems - Ph.D. CS (Texas A&M)| B.Tech EE (IIT Bombay)

Experience

1. Lead Principal Product Manager

   Microsoft

   Oct 2022 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Owns roadmap and strategy for security, scalability, compliance, and standardization of the M365 Microservices Platform - one of Microsoft\'s most critical cloud infrastructure layers.· Scaled a multi-tenant, secure AKS-based microservice platform 500x - from 10K to 5M compute cores, supporting Microsoft 365 globally.· Grew the cross-geo PM team 2x across the US, China, and Brazil.· Owns end-to-end platform security: nodes, containers, and ecosystem.· Owns platform compliance: AKS, OS, and platform component upgrade cycles.· Delivered automated, policy-gated deployment standardization - customers initiate deployment and the platform shepherds them through Safe Deployment Practices (SDP) with appropriate policy gating.

Education

• Texas A&M University

  Master of Science, Computer Science

  2000 — 2002

• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

  B. Tech, Electrical Engineering

  1996 — 2000

• Texas A&M University

  Ph.D, Computer Science

  2003 — 2006

Skills

• Computer Science
• Integration
• Product Planning
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Automation
• Engineering
• Scalability
• Software Engineering
• Object Oriented Design
• Agile Project Management
• Product Development
• Product Management
• Vendor Management
• Deployment
• Powershell
• Visual Studio
• Windows
• Workflow Engines
• Enterprise Software
• Technical Presentations
• Planning
• Project Management
• Web Services
• Technical Leadership
• Software Project Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• High Performance Computing
• User Experience
• Tfs
• Algorithms
• Windows Azure
• C#
• .net
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Software Design
• Program Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Windows Server