Vishal Singh
Woodinville,WA
Summary
20+ years work experience in Leading teams and driving for efficiency and results, Product roadmap strategy, Software Development, Program Management and Partner Co-Engineering
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior TPM Manager
Pixel Software
09.2021 - Current
- Setup and managed globally distributed TPM team in driving end to end software product cycle for Pixel portfolio devices
- Setup cross functional processes across Android platform and key 1P apps and service teams to co-ordinate execution, validation and launch readiness of software
- Drive investments in tools and telemetry to automate and develop quality metrics for Pixel devices
- Drove experiences and execution for Pixel new form factors of Fold and Tablet project for 2023 launch.
Principal Group Product Manager
Azure Edge Devices
07.2019 - 09.2021
- Define Silicon Strategy for IoT Edge devices across the spectrum from 1mW to 100W devices
- Lead TPM team to drive engineering and execution of Azure Percept Devices built as reference devices show casing Azure IoT and AI services
- Collaborate with industry partners in driving AI scenarios and implementing tool chain integration for e2e deployment using ONNX RT, TFlite
- Cross team collaboration on joint division level goals and dependencies.
Principal Program Manager Lead
Operating System Division, OEM Ecosystem Team
07.2014 - 07.2019
- Lead A+ team on specific PC/Tablet/Phone special projects with top tier OEMs
- Drive product planning and device advocacy with OEMs, ODMs and IHVs in next gen consumer and commercial devices
- Light-up OS marquee features from of Windows 10 on Hero projects
- Working closely with silicon partners/IHVs/ODMs on readiness
- Cross collaboration on alignment with Marketing and Sales teams.
Senior Product Manager
Operating System Division, Market Readiness Team
01.2014 - 07.2014
- Focus on emerging market readiness for PC/Tablet/Phone
- Getting market insights and driving with Engineering to execution
- Doing in-market validation and testing
- Working cross-team with Sales, Marketing and local business teams for short and long-term releases of OS
- Manage small 2 person team.
Senior Program Manager
Windows Phone Division, Customer Experience Team
02.2010 - 12.2014
- Enable Mobile Operators with client and service engineering offers for the Windows Phone
- Driving key Operator requested Windows Phone feature plans in the OS
- Responsible for Field training and technical readiness of my account TSP
- Work closely with different engineering parts of AT&T/TMO(US)/Sprint/Verizon operators in US in commercializing Windows Phone
- Managing Verizon Wireless for all strategic and engineering planning and execution from ranging to Technical Acceptance
- Program Managed Mobile Operators’ external ISVs for developing pre-loaded applications for Windows phone including Telenav Inc, Wavemaket and MSPOT Inc etc
- Provided technical training in getting ISVs familiar with the new WP SDK and designing top applications adhering to the Windows phone vision
- Engaging with the OEM in the commercialization of the device with the operator
- Driving issues found during trials to resolution and waiver negotiation for Technical Acceptance
- Team SME for Mobile applications development and support.
Program Manager II
Application Compatibility
04.2007 - 02.2010
- Release Manager for Windows Application Compatibility group
- Worked on releasing Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7
- Defined and drove a comprehensive compatibility strategy and release plan for Windows milestones, and executing by establishing and driving processes and systems
- Worked extensively with the ISV outreach team and ISVs in providing engineering support and inbox mitigations like shims and blocks
- Coordinated with compatibility partner test teams like Games, International and MsIT to ensure overall view of the compatibility ecosystem
- Owned specifications and designing features for the internal feedback tool
- Co-owned and released the AppCompat cookbook on MSDN
- Represented the organization in public events like TechEd 2007 (Florida), DevConnections 2009 (Las Vegas)
- Performed regular reporting tasks to executives, internal teams and Windows ship room for Compatibility
- Ran the Application library for Windows, as a shared resource across teams with regular activities around application purchases, membership management, legal checks etc
- Drove all Compatibility blocking bugs from OEM/TAP for resolution during the milestones
- Managed 2 vendors for their daily activities to help in bug triage and librarian duties
- Liaison for internal product teams like SMS, Office and SQL to coordinate unreleased versions to be compatible with unreleased version of Windows.
Software Design Engineer
Application Compatibility
02.2002 - 04.2007
- Working in the Application Compatibility group of the Windows Division
- Worked on projects Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003, Windows X64Pro and Windows Vista
- Assembly level debugging of third party applications, investigating issues found by the test team, other Microsoft groups, and external users for bugs exposed by running applications on pre-release builds of Windows and fixing them with shims
- Develop internal tools and debugger extensions to facilitate the investigation work
- Served as a virtual lead managing a remote team of 6 in India Development Centre in order to ramp the team for in house tasks and assistance to project teams
- Represented the organization in Microsoft technical events: Professional Developers Conference 2005, TechEd 2006/07and WinHec 2006
- Traveled to Microsoft out sourced in India for training an 8 member team
- Managing 4 contractors hired towards crunch time of shipping the product, in order to build and test shim entry application fixes in windows Vista
- Formally mentored 3 colleagues for a period one year
- Primary software engineer interviewer for the group interviewing over 40 candidates during the period for full time and contract positions.
Research Assistant
Information Sciences Institute
01.2001
- Worked on implementing the Generic Authorization and Access (GAA) Control protocol by Prof
- (Dr.) Clifford Neuman
- Extended the GAA API by including additional polices and configurations.
Software Engineer Intern
Xerox Corporation
01.2000
- Worked on automating all the manual tests for the Xerox printer using SilkTest software
- Implemented automated test scripts for testing the in-house web management application for Xerox Silverstone3 printer.
Student Project Leader
Ruksun Software
01.1999 - 01.2000
- Led a project of 3 students in implementing the Kerberos protocol and upgrading the encryption protocol to advance encryption standard (AES)
- Implemented services such as Database Access on a Windows NT 4.0 network using Microsoft DCOM Technology.
Education
Masters of Business Administration -
University of Washington
Seattle, WA01.2010
Masters of Computer Science -
University of Southern California
01.2002
Bachelors of Computer Engineering -
Pune University, India
01.2000
Skills
- Strategic Acumen
- Data-Driven
- Effective Communication
- Customer Obsession
- Deep Technical Understanding
- Team Empowerment
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Vendor Management
Other Information
Added to leadership High Potential bench 2011, 2012, 2013, Windows Hero Award 2006, Deep experience in software development and deployment, Excellent communication and writing skills., Skills for vendor management and negotiation.
Timeline
Senior TPM Manager
Pixel Software
09.2021 - Current
Principal Group Product Manager
Azure Edge Devices
07.2019 - 09.2021
Principal Program Manager Lead
Operating System Division, OEM Ecosystem Team
07.2014 - 07.2019
Senior Product Manager
Operating System Division, Market Readiness Team
01.2014 - 07.2014
Senior Program Manager
Windows Phone Division, Customer Experience Team
02.2010 - 12.2014
Program Manager II
Application Compatibility
04.2007 - 02.2010
Software Design Engineer
Application Compatibility
02.2002 - 04.2007
Research Assistant
Information Sciences Institute
01.2001
Software Engineer Intern
Xerox Corporation
01.2000
Student Project Leader
Ruksun Software
01.1999 - 01.2000
Masters of Business Administration -
University of Washington
Masters of Computer Science -
University of Southern California
Bachelors of Computer Engineering -
Pune University, India
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