Fernanda Vela

About Fernanda Vela

Product at Microsoft Defender for Cloud | M.S. and B.S. in Computer Science. Interested in how HCI improves usability in security products and in building tools that fit how people actually work.

Experience

1. Product Manager 2 - Cxe Microsoft Defender for Cloud

   Microsoft

   Aug 2021 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Product Manager within Microsoft Defender for Cloud, focused on customer experience and adoption across the platform. I specialize in cloud storage security (Defender for Storage) while maintaining working knowledge across multiple Defender for Cloud plans. My work spans customer-informed feature design and prioritization from ideation through delivery, informed by direct customer feedback and usage insights. I partner closely with engineering, product, sales, marketing, and field teams to improve product outcomes. I engage daily with customers on deployments, adoption, and blocker removal, and participate weekly in Enterprise Business Center (EBC) engagements with CTOs, CIOs, CISOs, and their teams to advise on Defender for Cloud capabilities and cloud security strategy. I also create customer-facing enablement content including blog posts, documentation, automations and workbooks, webinars, and instructional videos.

Education

• Tecnológico de Monterrey

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering/Computer Science

  2012 — 2016

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Science

Skills

• Java
• Objective-C
• Css
• Project Management
• Teamwork
• Php
• Html
• Sql