Leon Cyril

About Leon Cyril

Microsoft Azure | Live Migration | Availability Zones | Services Strategy | Geographic Expansion |

Experience

1. Principal Pm Manager

   Microsoft

   Mar 2011 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Azure Live MigrationLeading team to:• Define the strategic roadmap for Live Migration based on customer requirements and the competitive landscape. • Unlock business value for Microsoft through the use of Live Migration to reduce customer impact, generate revenue and drive down costs.(Current run-rate >$200M)• Define, measure and track key success metrics to drive improvements and highlight opportunities for even higher business impact. Azure Availability ZonesAvailability Zones (AZs) are Microsoft Azure’s primary resiliency product for In-region High Availability. I drove product requirements and multiple features spanning the Azure platform to enable support for AZs and owned the launch of AZs in Azure regions across US, Europe and APAC. Azure Geographic ExpansionDefined worldwide service availability strategy based on key attributes such as customer demand, data residency and business continuity. Partnered with 50+ service teams and Marketing to develop availability policies and build a services roadmap. Right-sized our product and unlocked the ability for Azure to expand to smaller markets by reducing the minimum infrastructure and services footprint for the Azure platform. Microsoft-Fujitsu Azure PartnershipLed the launch of Fujitsu\'s cloud offering powered by Azure (A5). Defined requirements and shipped Branding, Billing and Migration features to enable the partnershipAzure in ChinaDefined requirements for and drove delivery of several features/processes to enable Microsoft to meet Chinese data sovereignty, security and compliance requirements.

Education

• University of Madras

  B.Tech, Information Technology

  2000 — 2004

• University of New Hampshire

  MS, Computer Science

  2004 — 2006