Mahesh Uppala

About Mahesh Uppala

Dedicated servant leader passionate about driving technological innovation, building high-performing teams, and delivering robust, enterprise-scale data solutions. Over the past six years at Microsoft, I’ve led initiatives that enable faster insights, foster innovation, and ensure trusted, compliant data across the organization.I have led the architecture and development of a modern, cloud-native enterprise data lake, integrating multiple data sources to enable self-serve data products. In the last two years, I’ve managed enterprise-wide data quality and governance for Purview, creating scalable environments that empower partners, sellers, and internal teams to leverage analytics, demos, and actionable business insights.I believe technology leadership is about building trust, enabling teams, and fostering responsible data practices. My mission is to accelerate insight generation, enhance data trust, and empower organizations to innovate with confidence.I enjoy sharing knowledge through speaking engagements at conferences, webinars, and internal forums, focusing on data governance, cloud innovation, and engineering leadership. These opportunities allow me to connect with peers, inspire teams, and promote best practices in building trusted, scalable data solutions.

Experience

1. Principal Data Engineering Manager

   Microsoft

   Dec 2025 — Present

Education

• ITU

  Masters, Software Engineering

Skills

• Amazon Ec2
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Software Documentation
• Sdlc
• Sql Server Integration Services (Ssis)
• Business Intelligence
• Analysis Services
• Data Modeling
• Mongodb
• Database Design
• Amazon Rds
• Databases
• Agile Methodologies
• Business Analysis
• Dynamo
• Ssrs
• Sql Server Reporting Services (Ssrs)
• Ssis
• T-Sql
• Data Warehousing
• Mysql
• Sql
• Etl