Resume
Bellevue, Washington · shank4804@gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/shank7485
Senior Product Manager with 9+ years spanning product management and software engineering at Microsoft Azure, AWS, Workday and Intel. Led the 0-to-1 build and commercialization of Azure Storage Actions — now automating data management for 300+ global enterprises handling 2B+ objects. I pair deep familiarity with distributed systems with hands-on GenAI and LLM agent prototyping to ship platform capabilities, craft monetization models, and guide cross-functional teams from concept through global launch.
Core competencies
PaaS & serverless platform development · Distributed systems · LLM and agentic product design · Enterprise customer discovery · Pricing & monetization strategy · Go-to-market · Cross-functional leadership · Technical PRD and roadmap ownership
Experience
Microsoft Azure — Senior Product Manager, Azure Blob & Data Lake Storage
- Launched Azure Storage Actions, a monetized serverless automation platform now used by 300+ enterprises to orchestrate petabyte-scale storage operations across 2B+ objects, delivering consecutive MoM revenue growth for Azure Storage.
- Led discovery with 20+ Fortune 500 customers and authored 20+ technical PRDs, translating complex data automation gaps into roadmap commitments adopted by engineering, design and compliance partners.
- Built the pricing and metering model through margin and sensitivity analysis, aligning finance, marketing and field sellers on a sustainable consumption strategy ahead of public preview and GA.
- Evangelized Storage Actions across Microsoft MVP briefings, Azure Connected and partner councils, driving GA launch readiness and accelerating solution architect enablement.
- Prototyped a GenAI-powered data management agent using the ReAct framework and Azure Copilot; the PoC became the blueprint for the team’s natural-language workflow investments.
- Introduced AI-assisted product operations (ChatPRD, Azure Copilot) and mentoring programs that compressed specification-to-execution cycles and scaled onboarding for new PM hires.
AWS SageMaker Ground Truth — Software Development Engineer II
- Delivered the LIDAR 3D point-cloud labeling feature powering autonomous vehicle programs, with scalable annotation workflows and automated quality controls.
- Engineered backend services for the launch of Ground Truth Plus, showcased at AWS re:Invent 2021, expanding managed labeling coverage for enterprise ML teams.
Workday — Software Development Engineer III
- Built multi-region microservices and compliance capabilities that enabled Workday’s geographic expansion; created Kubernetes operators adopted by multiple platform teams for consistent deployments.
Intel — Cloud Software Engineer
- Contributed to open-source cloud orchestration projects that increased on-prem CPU adoption, and represented Intel in industry working groups.
GenAI projects & thought leadership
A fuller write-up of what I build on my own time lives on the Projects page.
- FashionMateAI — GPT-4o + LlamaIndex wardrobe assistant combining multi-turn memory with retrieval-augmented personalization.
- Remainder.AI — AI reminder assistant that schedules multi-stage email reminders from natural language input, using GPT-5 function calling, with an evals framework built on AI-as-judge methodology.
- ServiceOpsAI — Agentic LLM co-pilot using RAG, function calling and structured reasoning to help SREs triage incidents in minutes instead of hours.
- CareersChatAI — LLM-driven career guidance platform translating user intent into curated resources and action plans.
- GoingVC Partners thesis — Research on how GenAI reshapes workstreams, talent models and value capture in the enterprise.
Education
- M.S., Telecommunications Engineering — The University of Texas at Dallas (2014–2016)
- B.E., Telecommunications Engineering — VTU Bangalore, India (2010–2014)
Continued education
- Stanford Continuing Studies — Generative AI for Product Managers (Mar 2025): LLM foundations, AI data strategy, ServiceOpsAI capstone.
- Stanford Continuing Studies — Large Language Models for Business with Python (Mar 2024): RAG architectures, fine-tuning workflow, FashionMateAI capstone.
- GoingVC Venture Capital Program, Cohort 12: thesis on GenAI’s impact on the future of work and emerging business models.
Technical skills
Python · Golang · Java · TypeScript · C · Bash · LLM RAG (LlamaIndex) · Azure Copilot · agentic LLM orchestration · prompt engineering · Microsoft Azure · AWS · Kubernetes · Linux · SQL · Git · Kusto KQL · PowerBI