About

Kunal S. is a highly skilled Product Manager II at Microsoft with over 4 years of experience in full-stack engineering and product management. He has a Master's degree in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University. Kunal has a strong technical background and is proficient in various technologies, including NodeJS, NoSQL, DevOps, Mobile, and Web. Before joining Microsoft, Kunal worked as a Product Manager at Symbl, a conversational AI seed-stage startup based in Seattle. He was responsible for building elements of the company's core offering, advising on product roadmap, and closing multi-million dollar customer deals. Kunal also spearheaded the customer acquisition process by onboarding dev evangelists, creating documentation through podcasts, video, and written demos, and identifying success metrics/KPIs, resulting in an 80% increase in customer acquisition and a 75% increase in monthly recurring revenue. He also led daily scrum calls to manage progress of the core developer team and prioritized stories in the current sprint based on market research and customer feedback. At Microsoft, Kunal worked as a Full Stack Engineer where he implemented full-stack functionality for Fortune 500 customers on-site, hosted technical workshops, product presentations, and proof of concepts, resulting in Azure contract deals of $24.5+ million. He also architected and deployed a raspberry-pi powered IoT device for a Fortune 500 company at 12 locations, resulting in a 22% increase in his team's Azure consumption for the fiscal year. Kunal created and published scalable internal and external IP for Microsoft's Language Understanding Intelligent Services (LUIS), such as blog posts for the Premier Developer organization used by 3000+ developers to secure deals and acquire partnerships. Additionally, he managed a team of 6 developers to design and develop OneApproach, an application to outline a standard Services approach for the successful delivery of complex client projects, with the CTO and VP of Microsoft Service. Kunal's diverse experience in product management, full-stack engineering, and customer acquisition makes him a valuable asset to any organization. He is a research scientist with a keen interest in AI and is always looking for new ways to innovate and improve products. Kunal is a team player and a great communicator, with a proven track record of delivering results and exceeding expectations.