Sivakumar Shanmugam

Siva Shanmugam

22635 NE ALDER CREST LN l Redmond, WA 98053 l 425-285-9950 l [email protected]

PRODUCT AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

I spent over 3 decades of my career performing product managent, system architecture design, business analysis, operational overhauls, strategic planning, technology implementation, quality analysis and technology management. Possess a demonstrated record of success to increase efficiency, enhance shared use of information, and establish technological infrastructure to facilitate rapid financial growth and market share. Excellent ability to refine and improve processes to achieve increased productivity and highly focused on customer satisfaction.

Leadership has been utilized in software product development, software quality analysis, telecommunications, retail and manufacturing environments. Functionally responsible for requirements gathering, functional specificsoftware development, quality, testing, and technical solutions for all business strategies, including but not limited to: Process Analysis, Program Management, Vendor Relationships, Needs Analysis, Implementation Planning, Disaster Planning & Recovery, and Systems Integration, for software development and services organizations.

ACADEMIC AND TECHNICAL CREDENTIALS

I was awarded a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science and Engineering, from College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, India. I was awarded a Master of Business Administration from University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. I have enhanced my academic and professional credentials with additional training in Organizational Change, Project Management, Impact and Influence, Strategic Planning, Agile Methodologies.

Real time experience includes:

Salesforce where I am an Executive Product Leader managing products related to Data, AI and Search

Leadership roles in Microsoft managing products on Data, AI and Search

Microsoft Operating Systems including Windows Server 2000 – 2008 R2, Microsoft Office Products, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Microsoft Windows Intune, Microsoft Team Foundation Server, C#, C++, Java, J2EE, Oracle and DB2.

Real time Expertise areas include: Enterprise Application Integration, Web services, Service Oriented Architecture, Software as a Service, Agile Development Methodologies and Scrum.

I am certified Product Owner and Scrum Master.

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE

These skills and experiences support a variety of leadership capacities,  Executive Leadership of Products

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Designed technology and infrastructure solutions for business consumers from concept to development through testing and implementation for diverse set of customers

Designed technology and infrastructure solutions for Microsoft Corporation from concept to infrastructure development to testing to ship various products which included:

• Windows Server Update Services V2.0

• Windows Server Update Services V3.0

• Microsoft Update Services V1.0

• Microsoft Update Services V2.0

• Windows Vista

• System Center Essentials 2007

• System Center Configuration Manager 2007

• Windows Server 2008 R2

• Windows Intune Wave 1

• Windows Intune Wave 2

• Microsoft 365 Core Substrate

• Microsoft Enterprise Search

• Microsoft Copilot

• Microsoft Graph
• Outlook Actionable Messages
• Bing Ads

  Achieved the Customer Partner Experience (CPE) Recognition from Microsoft in 2006

  Intuitive understanding of technical projects led to numerous acknowledgements: Gold Star Awards from Microsoft for stellar performances

  Excellent oral and written communications skills, able to communicate practically at all levels of the organization, from the board room to the management meeting to the technical services team

WORK HISTORY

Salesforce

VP of Product Management

Microsoft Corporation, 2004 – 2023

Director of Product Management

Intel Corporation, 2003 - 2004

Information Technology/Business Consultant

Comsys , 1997 - 2003

Software Engineering Manager

Covansys, 1995 - 1997

Software Engineer