Microsoft
Technology conglomerate producing Windows, Office, Azure cloud, Xbox, and enterprise software.
Founders
People
| Person | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Annie Pearl | CVP & GM, Azure Experiences & Ecosystems | 2023-present |
| Aparna Chennapragada | Chief Product Officer, Experiences & Devices | 2023-present |
| Asha Sharma | President, CoreAI Product Division | ~2024-2026 |
| Boz | Developer (Visio) | 2004-2006 |
| Camille Fournier | Software Engineer | ~2003-~2005 |
| Farhan Thawar | Senior Technical Role | ~2005-2010 |
| Itamar Gilad | Product Manager | ~2002-2007 |
| Jackie Bavaro | Program Manager (SharePoint) | ~2006-2008 |
| Jake Knapp | Product Designer (Encarta) | ~2001-2007 |
| Manik Gupta | Corporate VP, Teams Consumer, Skype & GroupMe | ~2021-2022 |
| Raaz Herzberg | Product Manager (Azure Sentinel, Azure Security Center) | ~2015-2020 |
| Ronny Kohavi | Technical Fellow & Corporate VP, Experimentation Platform | 2005-2019 |
| Ryan J. Salva | Director of Product Management (Azure, DevTools) | ~2008-2019 |
| Sam Schillace | Corporate VP & Deputy CTO | 2021-present |
| Shishir Mehrotra | Director of Program Management | ~2003-2008 |
| Sriram and Aarthi | Program Manager (Visual Studio, Windows Azure) | 2007-~2011 |
| Sriram and Aarthi | Software Engineer (Visual Studio, Xbox Live) | 2005-~2012 |
| Tanguy Crusson | Product Manager | ~2007-2010 |
| Yuhki Yamashata | Program Manager (Outlook.com / Windows Mail) | ~2011-2013 |
Podcast Guests
Related Episodes (18)
Asha Sharma
How 80,000 companies build with AI: products as organisms, the death of org charts, and why agents will outnumber employees by 2026 | Asha Sharma (CVP of AI Platform at Microsoft)
Aparna Chennapragada
Microsoft CPO: If you aren’t prototyping with AI, you’re doing it wrong | Aparna Chennapragada
Farhan Thawar
How Shopify builds a high-intensity culture | Farhan Thawar (VP and Head of Eng)
Raaz Herzberg
Building Wiz: the fastest-growing startup in history | Raaz Herzberg (CMO and VP Product Strategy)
Camille Fournier
The things engineers are desperate for PMs to understand | Camille Fournier (author of “The Manager’s Path,” ex-CTO at Rent the Runway)
Tanguy Crusson
Hard-won lessons building 0 to 1 inside Atlassian | Tanguy Crusson (Head of Jira Product Discovery)
Boz
Making Meta | Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth (CTO)
Sam Schillace
How to be more innovative | Sam Schillace (Microsoft deputy CTO, creator of Google Docs)
Itamar Gilad
Becoming evidence-guided | Itamar Gilad (Gmail, YouTube, Microsoft)
Ronny Kohavi
The ultimate guide to A/B testing | Ronny Kohavi (Airbnb, Microsoft, Amazon)
Sriram and Aarthi
Hot takes and techno-optimism from tech’s top power couple | Sriram and Aarthi
Annie Pearl
Behind the scenes of Calendly’s rapid growth | Annie Pearl (CPO)
Yuhki Yamashata
Yuhki Yamashata
Ryan J. Salva
The role of AI in product development | Ryan J. Salva (VP of Product at GitHub, Copilot)
Shishir Mehrotra
The rituals of great teams | Shishir Mehrotra of Coda, YouTube, Microsoft
Manik Gupta
Manik Gupta (ex-CPO Uber, Google Maps) on how to build consumer apps, why it’s useful to be optimistic about technology, creating inflections in your PM career, the changing CPO role, and more
Sanchan Saxena
Sanchan Saxena (VP of Product at Coinbase) on the inside story of how Airbnb made it through Covid; what he’s learned from Brian Chesky, Brian Armstrong, and Kevin Systrom; much more
Jackie Bavaro
Jackie Bavaro on getting better at product strategy, what exactly is strategy, PM pitfalls to avoid, advancing your career, getting into management, and much more