Sriram Sampath

About Sriram Sampath

Partner Group Engineering Manager (GEM) leading the Microsoft Store Services team. We build high scale Azure Cloud services for Microsoft Store powering 1.5 Billion Windows devices and helping Developers submit great apps and games for the Windows ecosystem!> Principal Group Engineering Manager in Microsoft Azure Storage and Backup team. Working on enabling seamless Backup and Disaster Recovery for Enterprise businesses with the power of the Cloud. I drive the org which is responsible for Virtual Machine (VM) backup, Files and Open Source Database (OSS DB) backup to the Public Cloud.> Principal Software Engineering Manager for Azure Virtual Desktop Service. This service enables running Windows apps in the Azure cloud and end users can connect from various endpoints like iPad and Android clients! Specifically, my team is responsible for IAAS VM provisioning, patching, image management, automatic scale up and scale down of VMs based on load, health and telemetry associated with these workloads. We leverage both IAAS and PAAS technologies in Azure to build the end to end Service.[past role]> Principal Development Lead in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) development team in Windows Server Division. Responsible for development of Microsoft VDI stack, running over HyperV.[past role]> Senior Development Lead for Windows Terminal Services stack; shipped Windows Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2 Terminal Services stack.[past role]> Senior Software Development Engineer in Windows Server division - worked on different areas of the Windows stack including Terminal Server, Kernel, Plug n Play, Devices, I/O manager, Winlogon, Sessions runtime, SMSS, Windows graphics subsystem.[past role]Specialties: Microsoft Azure, Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Cloud Computing, Windows OS Client and Server internals, Kernel, Desktop Virtualization, VDI, System Center, Authentication, Security, HyperV, Management stack, High Availability, People Management, Leadership, Innovation, Execution.

Experience

1. Partner Group Engineering Manager

   Microsoft

   Nov 2020 — Present

   Partner Group Engineering Manager (GEM) leading the Microsoft AppStore Services team and Xbox subscription and accounts management teams. We build the high scale Azure Cloud services for Microsoft AppStore team and managing your Xbox accounts, subscriptions. We also build several parts of the Microsoft Account management portal (https://account.microsoft.com/)

Education

• University of Arizona

  MS, Computer Science

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management

  Innovation of Products and Services - MITs approach to Design Thinking , Information Technology, Business

  2018 — 2018

• Anna University Chennai

  BE, Computer Science

Skills

• Kernel
• Virtualization
• Windows Server
• Hyper-V
• Cloud Computing
• Private Cloud
• Team Leadership
• Distributed Systems
• Security
• Vdi
• Server Architecture
• Project Management
• Risk Management
• Project Planning
• Project Delivery
• Team Building
• Distributed Team Management
• Cross-Functional Coordination
• Distributed Development
• High Availability Architecture
• Networking
• Team Management
• Innovation Management
• Agile Project Management
• System Architecture
• Customer Engagement
• Product Management
• Software Project Management
• Terminal Services
• Windows Azure
• Software Design
• Windows
• Scalability
• Software Engineering
• Agile Methodologies
• Technical Leadership