Igor Stanko

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ABOUT IGOR STANKO

A seasoned product leader with experience driving innovation, scale, and revenue growth across AI-enabled platforms, cloud data infrastructure, and analytics solutions. My background spans hypergrowth startups and enterprise-scale environments, with a consistent track record of delivering strategic impact and operational excellence.At Firebolt, I served as CPO/VP of Product, where I led the full product org (PM, Design, Docs, PMM, Analytics), transformed the product vision toward an AI-first cloud data warehouse, and drove the scope and GTM activities for initial product offering which led to increased customer satisfaction, customer retention, and multi-year commitments.Previously, at Microsoft, I led product teams for Azure Synapse (formerly SQL Data Warehouse), delivering 100%+ YoY revenue growth, top CSAT scores, and customer-driven innovation through design partner programs and roadmap transformation (move towards platform). I also led a successful acquisition to expand strategic product capabilities.My product philosophy is grounded in- Strategic clarity and vision-to-execution alignment- Customer obsession as a product growth engine- Data-driven decision making across the org- Ease of use and productivity via AI-powered experiences- Cross-functional orchestration and collaboration across GTM, Sales, and Engineering- Scaling teams and org structure in high-growth environmentsI bring deep expertise in AI/ML infrastructure, cloud-native data platforms, and usage-based SaaS models, and I\'m well versed in balancing both strategic foresight and operational rigor.