Sumit G.

Principal PM @ Microsoft CoreAI | Building Infrastructure for Knowledge and AI

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

About

With over 20 years of experience, I specialize in building developer-facing platforms and cloud services. Currently, as Principal Product Manager at Microsoft, I lead core search engine experience of Azure AI Search, focusing on enhancing developer experiences with a cloud-scale enterprise platform. My expertise is to drive platform modernization, architectural improvements for high-scale search engines and pricing strategy for platform as a service. I am passionate about leveraging technology to empower developers and deliver innovative solutions.

Experience

  • Principal PM at Azure AI Search at Microsoft
    Apr 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 3 mos

    I lead the Azure AI Search initiative, focusing on enhancing developer experiences through a robust platform as a Service. My responsibilities include managing a cloud-scale core search engine, modernizing its architecture, driving pricing strategies to optimize costs and platform reliability.

  • Senior Product Manager @Amazon India Retail at Amazon
    2019 - 2020 · 1 yr

    Part of the India Retail Automation I had the unique experience to meet MSMEs and large vendors in the Amazon ecosystem and helping them automate their order management to delivery processes. My only exposure to B2C world.

  • Principal Product Manager @Oracle Marketing Cloud at Oracle
    2017 - 2019 · 2 yrs

    Moved from a small startup product to Market leader in B2B Marketing Automation at Eloqua. Drove a mature product with focus on stickiness through deep integrations with Marketing channels like Facebook, LinkedIn etc.

  • Product Manager at EdgeVerve/Infosys
    2012 - 2017 · 5 yrs

    Stumbled into Product management role. Worked on a workspace optimization offering - shaped the product from idea to reality. Learnt my product management ropes here.

  • Developer at Tata Consultancy Services
    2005 - 2010 · 5 yrs

    Shipped code to production. Managed small teams.