I’m Shashank, a Senior Product Manager on Azure Blob & Data Lake Storage, based in Bellevue, Washington.
At Microsoft, I led Azure Storage Actions from its early concept through commercialization and global launch. The work spanned customer discovery, product requirements, pricing and metering, and helping customers put the platform to use. It now serves 300+ enterprises managing more than two billion objects.
From engineering to product
I started as a cloud software engineer at Intel, then built distributed systems at Workday and machine-learning infrastructure at AWS SageMaker Ground Truth. That experience still shapes how I work. I like understanding the system deeply enough to make good product decisions and seeing those decisions through to something people can use.
Building outside work
I build personal projects to explore ideas in a working product. AI Trio brings several models into one conversation. FashionMateAI grounds styling advice in someone’s own wardrobe. Other experiments explore GPU infrastructure, games, chanting and the physics of water in a glass bottle.
I use AI coding assistants throughout that process. Defining the behavior, making design choices and checking what actually works are all part of the work.
Looking and learning
I write about product management, AI systems and the companies building them. I also photograph abstract details, nature and city life with a Fujifilm camera and an iPhone.
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The longer version
My résumé covers my experience at Microsoft, AWS, Workday and Intel, education at UT Dallas and VTU, and continued study through Stanford Continuing Studies and GoingVC.