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# Vinod Kumar P on Tal

## Headline

Senior Product Manager \| Microsoft Security, Identity, M365 & Agentic AI \| Defender · Sentinel · Entra ID

## About

Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, leading product across four security and identity products — Defender for Cloud, Defender for Cloud Apps, Defender for Identity and Microsoft Sentinel\. 21 years in enterprise technology, including 15\+ years at Microsoft\. Shipped 120\+ improvements across the portfolio — Defender for Servers, multicloud onboarding, storage protection, the recommendations platform and Entra ID application surfaces\. Recent AI work — Security Copilot scenarios, intelligent diagnostics and MCP\-based automation — resolves 45–50% of covered cases without human escalation, cutting support incident volume \~40% and annual costs by $5M\. Customer Lead and Enterprise Architect for 30\+ S100 mission\-critical accounts across BFSI, energy and ITeS before moving into product — owning solution design, multi\-year roadmaps and C\-suite engagement across 300K–400K\+ user estates across 10\+ industries\. I align 100\+ stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Support and field organisations, build my own analysis in KQL, Power BI and Microsoft Fabric, and prototype AI scenarios hands\-on — making the technical case to Product & engineering and the business case to CVP and EVP leaders in Monthly Business reviews\. ── Key highlights ── ▸ $5M in annual support cost savings through AI\-driven automation, intelligent diagnostics and self\-service investments — alongside \~40% reduction in support incidents and \~20% improvement in time\-to\-mitigate\. ▸ 120\+ product improvements shipped across the Defender , Sentinel , Identity portfolio — PRDs, success criteria and business cases that won funding against competing feature work\. ▸ Built Security Copilot experiences, intelligent diagnostics, agentic workflows and MCP\-enabled automation — resolving 45–50% of covered cases without human escalation\. ▸ Led M365, Security, Identity and Compliance transformation for 30\+ S100 enterprise customers across BFSI, energy and ITeS at C\-suite level\. ── Leadership ── Customer obsession, clarity, accountability and continuous learning\. I lead through influence, collaboration and data\-driven decision\-making — aligning teams around shared goals to deliver meaningful outcomes\. Passionate about building AI\-enabled products, mentoring product talent and driving transformation where customer impact, business value and engineering excellence converge\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

claude

github copilot

githubcopilot

Microsoft Copilot

## Work experience

Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, Jan 2022 \- Present · 4 yrs 10 mos, Results\-driven Senior Product Manager with expertise in owning and driving the success of Microsoft Defender security products\. Experienced in end\-to\-end product lifecycle management, from strategy and roadmap development to execution and delivery\. Proficient in addressing complex technical challenges, gathering and incorporating customer feedback, and utilizing data\-driven insights to enhance product performance and usability\. Skilled in collaborating with cross\-functional teams, including engineering, design, and stakeholders, to deliver impactful solutions that improve security posture and user experience\. Passionate about building innovative security solutions that address real\-world challenges, streamline operations, and empower organizations to stay ahead of evolving cyber threats\.

Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, Jun 2015 \- Jan 2022 · 6 yrs 8 mos, Bangalore, Assisted multiple Microsoft’s Strategic customers with Modern technologies\- M365 security & compliance, Exchange online, Exchange on premise, Teams, Exchange online protection & Azure AD & Identity security, for infrastructure design, Leading & deploying, Assessment, Automations & people enablement\. Contribution to Cloud consumption and Microsoft IP Development\. Leading & driving Service delivery plan aligned to customer business requirements & mapping technology\.

Lead Partner Technical Consultant at Microsoft, Feb 2011 \- Jun 2015 · 4 yrs 5 mos, I am a strategic and trusted advisor to Microsoft Gold and Silver certified partners assisting them in Migrations, Best Practices, Planning, Architecture and Design, Deployment & Training\. Also work with the Microsoft product development teams & Escalation Team to provide feedbacks and Bugs\. Create Intellectual Property and Evangelize across customer and partner networks\. Drive Implement Executed Project Nirvana to drive complete Life Cycle Management project for Accelerating Presales, Resolve Pre\-Deployment and Post\-Deployment Issues\. Mentor new talent, provide training, and create readiness and process plans, identity new business opportunities, mediate with field, product teams, and business groups\.

Technical Lead at Cognizant Technology Solutions, Sep 2009 \- Feb 2011 · 1 yr 6 mos, At Cognizant was Part of Microsoft Center of Excellence \(COE\) team, primarily focusing on Design & Implementations for top CTS Clients like Emdeon, Comcast & Healthcare\. Worked on Service activation for Windows Server, Exchange and SCOM implementation\. Prepared POC, event definitions, Solution for the Password Reset tool, RFP & solutions for Windows project, Service level Improvement Plan\. Managing, Diagnosing, and analyzing the performance, availability, and server health for a broad spectrum of operating environments, applications, and server hardware\.

Associate System Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services, Apr 2008 \- Sep 2009 · 1 yr 6 mos, Served as messaging escalation engineer for AC Nielsen, troubleshooting Exchange, AD, BlackBerry, and monitoring / anti\-spam appliances; ran migrations \(ADMT, ExMerge, Quest\) and managed server patching and upgrades\.

Assistant System Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services, Apr 2008 \- Aug 2009 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bangalore, At TCS I was part of Messaging Escalation team for client AC Nielsen, worked on critical issues for Exchange, AD, Blackberry, MOM, Boxtone Monitoring, HPSIM alerts Enterprise Antigen and Spam Appliances like Iron Mail Filtering, SonicWALL, and Barracuda\. Migration tools like ADMT, Exmerge & Quest Migrate Tools and managed Server patching and upgrades

Project Engineer at WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES, Sep 2005 \- Apr 2008 · 2 yrs 8 mos, At Wipro Technologies, I was primarily focusing on managing and maintaining the IT Infrastructure of top Wipro clients like Honeywell, Shell & EMC\. Some of the common tasks include Migrations, Exchange Server Upgrades, Server critical issues, Identity Management, backups and configuration Monitoring tools

## Education

Online program, Selling to the C\-Suite, The Wharton School

BE, Computer Science, B\. M\. S\. College of Engineering

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