10 Microsoft engineering leaders

Experience: Technical Fellow, CTO · Microsoft

Former Technical Fellow, CTO at Microsoft (2025), a role the profile describes as Chief Technology Officer of the Office Product Group, leading technical vision and innovation strategy for a productivity suite that includes Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, Forms and Loop. Other Microsoft roles listed are Corporate Vice President (2023–2025) and Corporate Vice President, Office Calc (2017–2023).

Experience: Corporate Vice President of Engineering · Microsoft

Corporate Vice President of Engineering at Microsoft since 2023, based in Hyderabad; the profile headline also lists Distinguished Engineer. Other Microsoft roles listed are Vice President Of Engineering (2021–2023), Partner Director of Engineering at Microsoft (2018–2021), Partner Group Engineering Manager (2016–2021) and Principal Group Engineering Manager (2014–2016).

Experience: Chief Technology Officer, M365 Copilot (MSAI) · Microsoft

Chief Technology Officer, M365 Copilot (MSAI) at Microsoft since 2025. The listing also shows VP of Engineering, M365 Copilot at Microsoft (2024–2025) and current advisor roles at Stealth AI Startup, Outgoing and Graphio.ai. The profile headline lists Carmi as ex-Google and ex-Grammarly.

Experience: Vice President of Engineering · Microsoft

Vice President of Engineering at Microsoft since 2022, based in China and leading an organization of software developers and product managers focused on development for Teams, SharePoint and Enterprise Search. The listing also shows General Manager (2019–2022) and Senior Partner Director (2010–2019) at Microsoft, and Senior Director at Intel (2004–2010).

Experience: Vice President, CTO, Microsoft Specialized Clouds product and engineering · Microsoft

Vice President, CTO, Microsoft Specialized Clouds product and engineering at Microsoft since 2026; the profile headline reads CTO, International Sovereign Clouds. Other Microsoft roles listed are VP, Azure Core platform product and engineering (2022–2026), Group Engineering Manager (2020–2022) and two Director of Program Management entries (2016–2018 and 2018–2020).

Experience: CVP at Microsoft, Managing Director of Microsoft Israel R&D Center and CTO of Microsoft Security · Microsoft

CVP at Microsoft, Managing Director of Microsoft Israel R&D Center and CTO of Microsoft Security since 2022. Other Microsoft roles listed are Corporate Vice President, Managing Director of Israel R&D Center and CTO, Cloud & AI Security (2020–2022), CTO, Cloud and AI Security Division (2017–2020) and General Manager, Azure Cybersecurity (2013–2017).

Experience: Corporate Vice President · Microsoft

Corporate Vice President at Microsoft since 2023. The listing also shows Microsoft roles as Vice President Of Engineering (2021–2023), Partner Director of Engineering (2019–2021) and Partner Group Engineering Manager (2017–2019). The profile says Vedula helped shape Microsoft work from the early cloud evolution of Exchange and Office 365 to the AI transformation with Microsoft Copilot.

Experience: Corporate Vice President & CTO · Microsoft

Corporate Vice President & CTO at Microsoft since 2026, serving as CTO of Microsoft Specialized Clouds. For the Corporate Vice President role (2024–2026) the profile says Zhang led the development of Microsoft Core Operating Systems. Other Microsoft roles listed are VP of Engineering (2022–2024), Partner Director of Engineering (2020–2022) and Partner Group Software Engineering Manager (2018–2020).

Experience: Corporate Vice President of Engineering, Microsoft Teams · Microsoft

Corporate Vice President of Engineering, Microsoft Teams since 2022, which the profile describes as Corporate Vice President for Teams Engineering. Other Microsoft roles listed are Corporate Vice President of Engineering, Office Fundamentals and Growth (2021–2022), Distinguished Engineer & General Manager, Office Fundamentals and Growth (2018–2021) and Partner Group Engineering Manager, Office Online (2014–2018).

Experience: Chief Technology Officer · Microsoft

Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft since 2025; the profile describes Chappell as CVP and CTO of the Discovery and Quantum division of Microsoft, which builds a scientific platform and a quantum computer. The listing also shows VP Mission Systems at Microsoft since 2022, Chief Technology Officer SMT Division (2023–2025) and CTO, Azure Global (2019–2022).