Mehmet Kucukgoz

About Mehmet Kucukgoz

With over 20 years of software development experience, I am a hands-on product manager team leader who has shipped high user impact products across various domains, such as cloud services, platforms, devices, and consumer applications such as Azure IoT Services, Azure Virtual Desktop, Xbox Game Streaming, and Microsoft PlayReady. These products and services have generated millions of dollars in revenue and reached hundreds of millions of users. I have a strong technical background with B.S./M.S. in Electrical Engineering, and an MBA with a focus on product development.Currently, I am the Principal Group Product Manager for Azure IoT Cloud Services at Microsoft, where I lead a team of 20 product managers who drive the vision, strategy, and execution of innovative and scalable cloud solutions. Products in my portfolio serve 20K enterprise customers (including 100s of S & P500 companies). I am passionate about solving complex customer problems, creating value for the business, and building high performing teams.

Experience

1. Group Product Manager, Azure Iot

   Microsoft

   May 2021 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Leading the PM team driving Azure IoT Cloud Services including Azure IoT Hub and Azure IoT Central, deployed to 50+ Azure Regions and Government Clouds. Delivered on a vision to provide enterprise ready robust IoT/Edge solution with high availability and industry leading securityAchieved 80%+ YoY growth and reached 150M+ monthly active devices, 1.5T messages/mo, 500M+ influenced Azure revenue.Worked closely with key customers and partners, leading to adoption by 100+ S500 customers (tens of thousands paying customers in total).Led multiple service architecture initiatives to reduce operational costs by $20 million annually.Placed the product in the magic quadrant in Gartner Analyst reviews, in top position ahead of all competitors including AWS.

Education

• University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

  2009 — 2013

• University of Washington

  Master of Science (MS)

  2001 — 2003

Skills

• Project Management
• Program Management
• Software Engineering
• Product Development
• Software Project Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Multimedia
• Strategy
• Product Management
• Image Processing
• Soc
• Arm
• Computational Photography
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Leadership
• Product Marketing
• Agile Methodologies
• Software Development
• Management
• Software Design
• Cloud Computing
• Algorithms
• Distributed Systems
• Quality Assurance