Shaker Khaleque

Experience

1. Principal Group Engineering Manager

   Microsoft

   Apr 2024 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Successfully led multiple engineering teams through two significant organizational restructurings within a single year. Maintained consistent team focus on delivering existing commitments while simultaneously driving a strategic transformation, building a new team culture, and adapting to evolving priorities.• Built, scaled, and sustained high-performing, geographically distributed engineering teams, fostering a strong culture of collaboration, innovation, and a growth mindset, aligned with Microsoft\'s core values. This involved building trust, understanding team dynamics, and driving improvements in culture and processes.• Empowered and mentored a team of Engineering Managers, including newly promoted leaders, providing individualized coaching, support, and development opportunities to accelerate their leadership growth and maximize team effectiveness. Focused on enabling their success as first-line managers. • Made strategic talent allocation decisions, rebalancing engineering resources across teams to optimize skill distribution, address critical project needs, and foster a more collaborative and productive engineering environment. This directly contributed to improved engineering practices and the success of the teams.• Drove the expansion of a key internal survey platform to support Windows & Azure, significantly broadening its impact and user reach, demonstrating technical leadership and strategic vision. • Championed the exploration and implementation of new data analysis methodologies (Leading Business Indicators) built on top of existing data infrastructure enabling more insightful experimentation and faster data-driven decision-making across E+D OKRs. • Introduced and established new team rituals and processes, including monthly team-wide meetings with product demos, to enhance team cohesion, facilitate knowledge sharing, and promote cross-functional collaboration, fostering a more unified and informed team.

Education

• York University

  BSc, Computer Science

  2002 — 2006

Skills

• Mobile Devices
• Java
• Software Engineering
• Distributed Systems
• Visual Studio
• .net Framework
• C#
• .net
• Sql
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Tfs
• Software Quality Assurance
• Test Automation
• Object Oriented Design
• Windows Azure
• Software Design
• Testing
• Agile Methodologies