Manju de Silva

About Manju de Silva

An optimistic, driven engineering leader with a passion for hands-on technical management, growing teams and individuals, and building cool stuff. Track record of building leading cross-functional teams with “get it done,” attitudes while upholding strong engineering practices and discipline. Sets a collaborative culture by promoting strong opinions, weakly held in order to harness diversity and support each other throughout the entire software development life cycle, from inception to delivery. Specialties: 20 years of experience in software industry• Hands-on experience in software development and testing in UX, Middle Tier, Services and and kernel mode• Project Management of concepts to delivery• LEAN-Agile software development• Technical team building, training, coaching and mentoring of technical staff• Embedded Systems, Mobile devices domain experience• Data analysis/mining, pattern recognition, information virtualization • Laser marking, Micro machining domain experience • Real-time communication (SCADA software)• Intelligent building management domain(IBMS) experience

Experience

1. Group Engineering Manager (Data Agent Cloud)

   Microsoft

   Sep 2023 — Present

   I was brought in to build agentic experiences for Microsoft’s Data Agent Cloud—starting from scratch with no existing engineering team or infrastructure. Since then, I have- Built and scaled a global engineering team across the U.S, Dublin, and India, capable of delivering production-grade React-based agent experiences- Led the delivery of intelligent features across Copilot Studio, Power Apps, and Microsoft Fabric, helping enterprise customers interact with data and systems using natural, AI-driven workflows- Launched Knowledge in Copilot Studio, enabling agents to reason over both structured and unstructured enterprise data through a unified knowledge platform- Designed and implemented middle-tier services that expose agent skills and power key user experiences such as Plans Designer and Data Workspace- Collaborated closely with product, data science, and platform teams to drive AI quality, cross-cloud alignment, and customer impact.I specialize in 0→1 engineering leadership, global team building, and shipping large-scale AI-powered experiences that bridge UX, data, and platform services.

Education

• University of Moratuwa

  Bachelor's degree

Skills

• Scada
• C++
• Mfc
• Tdd
• Windows Driver Development
• Test Planning
• Agile Project Management
• Data Mining
• Distributed Systems
• C
• Testing
• C#
• Oop
• Multithreading
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Test Driven Development
• Mobile Devices
• Laser Marking
• Machine Learning
• Software Quality Assurance
• Agile Methodologies
• Team Building
• Software Design
• Test Automation
• Project Management
• Building Management Systems
• Building Automation
• C/C++ Stl
• Micro Machining
• Automation
• Test Management
• Software Engineering
• Data Analysis
• Lean Software Development
• Embedded Systems