About

Onkar Bakshi is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft with over 18 years of experience in software engineering. He is passionate about working in Universal Store, which is responsible for more than 90% of Microsoft's revenue. Onkar is focused on efficiency, reliability, and modernization, and he uses his technical skills to develop sufficient code to create clarity, generate positive energy, and get the desired outcome. He is known for his ability to step back and look at the breadth of the system and reason about it, which makes him an excellent Technical Program Manager. Onkar's accomplishments include running a successful program to save $40 million per annum from excessive infrastructural spend over the next five years. He also reduced operation expenses for Universal Store and achieved customer satisfaction. He is customer-obsessed and always looks for ways to make things better for them. Currently, Onkar is working on automating a lot of manual hours spent in incident and problem management by introducing self-healing capabilities in their services using Azure Automation. He is focused on ensuring that their services are up and running and customers are being served seamlessly. Onkar loves to work on large complex systems catering to millions of customers. He wishes to modernize systems that are challenging to manage holistically, ensuring that customers consume complex services in a cost-effective and efficient manner. Onkar has a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Vishnupuri, Nanded. He has worked as a Software Engineer at Rofous and as an SDE 2 at Microsoft before becoming a Senior Program Manager. Onkar's tech stack includes software engineering, and he is always looking for ways to improve his skills and stay up-to-date with the latest technologies.