Pavithra Thiruvengadam

About Pavithra Thiruvengadam

Product leader with a proven track record of owning company critical platforms, leading multi year, cross org initiatives, and translating ambiguous enterprise problems into scalable, data driven products.Extensive experience in delivering innovative solutions to different persona (both end user and admin) to spotlight service features as well as increase adoption. Seamless migration from in-market apps/ products to new, redesigned replacements.More than 10 years of experience with program management in virtualization technologies on Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and Windows 365Specialties: Technologies : Azure, Virtualization technologies - Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, Azure Migrate, App Layering, Windows App, Azure Infrastructure services (networking, admin portal, etc.)

Experience

1. Principal Product Manager

   Microsoft

   Jun 2019 — Present · Redmond, US

   Owned strategy, roadmap, KPIs, and org alignment for a foundational platform spanning multiple product lines.• Founded and led a cross platform health & diagnostics platform for enterprise cloud desktops, transforming reactive support into proactive, data driven troubleshooting.• Delivered platform capabilities across Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and Web, establishing a shared health taxonomy, KPIs, and execution model.• Shifted organization from feature level fixes to platform thinking, laying groundwork for AI assisted diagnostics and automation.• Defined impact metrics tied to business outcomes (incident reduction, time to mitigation), driving measurable reductions in connectivity related incidents.Trusted with high risk delivery requiring executive confidence and orchestration across many disciplines.• Program lead for the critical application launch of Windows App, coordinating Product, Engineering, Privacy, Legal, Support, Design, and Marketing under aggressive timelines.• Delivered GA despite late stage compliance and privacy complexity.• Launch impact: active users and 10M+ usage minutes within the first week.

Education

• University of Madras

  Computer Science Engineering

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  MS

Skills

• Linux
• Software Project Management
• Clearcase
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Gnu Debugger
• Unix
• Perl
• Xml
• C++