Aaron Merrill
Senior Program Manager - Azure Data at Microsoft
Senior PM - Azure Engineering at Microsoft
Data is the key to understanding our businesses, our customers, and the world around us. In this digital age, making sure we have the right data at the right time is critical to success. As a program manager, making data accessible is my goal. I bridge the gap between decision makers and engineering to ensure that the right architecture and tools are in place to deliver analytics. I drive innovation in how we think about data and the insights it provides to us as companies, as a community, and as people.
Microsoft
https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft
Drove the evolution of an incubation product from beta to public preview. Worked with a variety of engineering teams to design, scope, and deliver on the product roadmap. Collaborated directly with customers to gather feedback during a limited preview and integrate it into the product. Delivered a successful preview launch of the capabilities and continue to focus on driving an even better data management experience.
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Senior Program Manager - Azure Data
Microsoft
https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft
Incubated a product designed to simplify the management of data in the cloud with strategic customers and partners. Tested hypotheses and validated design decisions to better address customer feedback. Designed and created specs for features and saw them through to deployment.
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Program Manager II - Azure Global Industries
Microsoft
https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft
As a PM on Microsoft's Commercial Sales and Marketing BI team, I drove innovation of sales and marketing analytics for Microsoft's commercial business. I collaborated with sales operations to understand the analytical requirements of our end users and deliver impactful data experiences to thousands of end users worldwide. I also provided technical expertise on a massive digital transformation project, building a roadmap for analytics in that space.
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Program Manager II - Commercial Sales and Marketing
Microsoft
https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft
I drove innovation of global marketing analytics for Microsoft commercial sales. These innovations included modernizing our data architecture, significant refactoring of our data models, and onboarding additional data to the pipeline. Through these changes we were able to reduce data latency by 6x and greatly improve the experience for our analysts and data consumers.
Issaquah, Washington
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Program Manager - Commercial Sales and Marketing
Society Consulting
https://www.linkedin.com/company/societyconsulting
- Implemented analytics to measure the success of advertising campaigns on high traffic websites.
- Standardized analytics implementations across multiple Microsoft websites to ensure that high value reports can be pulled.
- Instrumented a proof-of-concept that enabled the collection of analytics around how users interacted with videos on a web page.
- Architected analytics streams from the ground up.
- Collaborated with other teams to provide consistent customer experience to all of Society’s clients.
Bellevue, Washington
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Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
https://www.linkedin.com/company/tata-consultancy-services
- Developed innovative web analytics solutions for high profile Microsoft websites.
- Made drastic efficiency improvements across the board by designing and implementing new tools and frameworks.
- Designed a cutting-edge web analytics framework that substantially reduced the costs associated with quality data streams.
- Led and guided a development team to improve the quality of data across multiple Microsoft websites.
- Worked closely with stakeholders to build out data streams.
Redmond, WA
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Software Engineer
Olympic College
https://www.linkedin.com/company/olympic-college
- Served as the main point of contact for technical issues on campus.
- Quickly resolved technical issues across the campus.
- Served faculty, staff, and students by upgrading computers and installing new software.
- Managed network access and email accounts for students.
- Helped resolve a campus wide internet outage caused by spam emails.
Bremerton, WA
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IT Helpdesk Technician
Olympic College
https://www.linkedin.com/company/olympic-college
- Served as the main point of contact for technical issues on campus.
- Quickly resolved technical issues across the campus.
- Served faculty, staff, and students by upgrading computers and installing new software.
- Managed network access and email accounts for students.
- Helped resolve a campus wide internet outage caused by spam emails.
Bremerton, WA
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IT Helpdesk Technician
Bachelor of Computer Science and Systems
Studied computer science and its theoretical and practical applications. Studies included analyzing and designing algorithms, developing good coding skills, Android development, cryptography, and AI programming.
Computer Science
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University of Washington Tacoma
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Education
TEALSK12
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I helped improve computer science literacy by volunteering as a teacher assistant for the 2018 school year. I taught Intro to CS to a group of high schoolers at Omak High School in Eastern Washington. Students completed projects that taught them basic CS principles and learned to make basic games such as platformers and Oregon Trail. Go Pioneers!
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Volunteer TA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/meenalsrivastva
Bellevue, WA
Meenal Srivastva
Sr. Product Manager at Microsoft
https://www.linkedin.com/in/payaltiwana
Greater Seattle Area
Payal Tiwana
GM/Director of Product, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Apps I Ex Microsoft | Angel Investor
https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-olson-04149031
Seattle, WA
Trevor Olson
Senior Program Manager at Microsoft (GMO)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/manoj-b-raheja
Redmond, WA
Manoj Raheja
Technical Program Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/evangeline
Seattle, WA
Evangeline White
Senior Program Manager in Azure Data
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattburdick
Greater Seattle Area
Matt Burdick
Principal Product Manager, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravi-kiran-vemulapalli-764b70127
Redmond, WA
Ravi Kiran Vemulapalli
Senior Software Development Engineer at Microsoft
https://www.linkedin.com/in/micahrider
Redmond, WA
Micah Rider
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
https://www.linkedin.com/in/naveen-sivaraj
Redmond, WA
Naveen Sivaraj
Principal Group Engineering Manager at Microsoft
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-engler-253a167
United States
Lori Engler
Executive Director, National Adrenal Diseases Foundation (NADF); Retired Senior VP at Citi
https://www.linkedin.com/in/debbie-gabor-2491286
South Amboy, NJ
Debbie Gabor
Financial Services Product & Marketing
https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothybrown
Dacula, GA
Timothy Brown
Project Manager at DRM International
https://in.linkedin.com/in/amit-basak-6327ab110
Kolkata
Amit Basak
Asst. Systems Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services
https://www.linkedin.com/in/randyroshek
St Charles, MO
Randy Roshek
Application Development Senior Manager - VP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yazykova
Sammamish, WA
Maria Yazykova
Senior Software Engineer, Biomedical Platforms at Microsoft
https://www.linkedin.com/in/praveen-sharma-714b3252
San Francisco Bay Area
Praveen Sharma
Program Manager Digital Commerce at Kohl's
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mundrashruti
Bellevue, WA
Shruti Mundra
Senior Product Manager at Microsoft
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaichand-murmu-0828a011
Redmond, WA
Gaichand Murmu
Program Manager at MSCIT
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aminah-alavee-hossain-382a6168
New York, NY
Aminah Alavee Hossain
Vice President at BNY Mellon
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Tampa, FL
Russell Cromley CISSP PMP
Digital Advisor at Microsoft
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Philadelphia, PA
Aaron Merrill
Assistant Clinical Director at The Behavioral Wellness Center at Girard
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San Diego, CA
Aaron Merrill
Sr Manager - IT Operations Center - PlayStation
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Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
Aaron Merrill
Global Technology Leader | Business Growth Enablement | Digital Transformation
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American Fork, UT
Aaron Merrill
Composer, Music Producer, Sound Engineer