Vedprakash Mishra
Scaling Enterprise Infrastructure, AI, and Platform Programs
Senior Technical Program Manager with 20 years of experience orchestrating complex technical programs — from petabyte-scale cloud infrastructure to ML-powered products — across Microsoft, Amazon, Opendoor, and SAP.
Leadership Philosophy
My "big picture" mindset taps into the core expertise of team members to deliver measurable business outcomes. I eradicate friction, finding and solving hurdles by engaging the right expertise and driving ruthless execution.
Core Expertise
Key Certifications
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
- AWS Solutions Architect — Associate
- GCP - Data Engineering, Big Data & ML (Coursera Specialization, 2019)
Measurable Impact
Leading cross-functional organizations to build, scale, and reliably operate enterprise-grade platforms.
across 5 orgs
Microsoft Azure Storage
- Led Azure Storage's flagship control plane migration program — driving ramp readiness, Go/No-Go decisions, and fleet health validation across all new buildouts and live environments
- Coordinates execution across 50–100+ engineers spanning Storage, Platform, Networking, OS, and Operations organizations; leads team of 7 TPMs
- Built Shiproom AI — an AI-powered executive reporting system that analyzes Azure DevOps data on Big Rocks projects, replacing 10+ hours/month of manual program management work at <$1/run
- Delivered AI pipeline training to 200+ Azure Storage engineers
launched
Amazon Relay Load Board
- First TPM on Amazon's Relay Load Board — joined when the product had zero structured program management
- Built the entire OP1/OP2 planning-to-execution framework from scratch: roadmap governance, cross-team dependency tracking across 8+ external teams, and the execution cadence from planning through launch
- This process scaffolding enabled RLB to scale from a North America-only product to a global freight marketplace — drove launches in Japan, India and Canada
- Platform covers >33% of total Amazon middle mile truck transports
reduction
Opendoor DataOps Excellence
- Built DataOps team from scratch (hired 5 data engineers) and created the Data Contract standard across 30+ stakeholders and 5+ teams
- Narrowed scope from 17,800 total tables to ~120 most critical tables powering the pricing engine, then enforced reliability across all of them
- Achieved ~90% reduction in data reliability Sev0/1 incidents (from 20%+ of total company incidents)
- Led Snowflake-to-Databricks migration program (up to 8,846 tables) and owned SOX compliance for the pricing engine
migrated
SAP HANA Platform Migration
- Orchestrated Oracle-to-HANA migration for SAP SuccessFactors: 20,000+ tenants across 15+ global data centers, with weekly migration batches moving 100+ TB
- Managed globally distributed war rooms (Walldorf, Reston, India) with daily handovers
- Separately owned SAP Ariba security programs: BofA encryption, E2E encryption rollout, and GBaaS global activation (went live worldwide Dec 2019)
- During CoE tenure, managed Fortune 500 escalations including IBM, Disney, Bank of America, AT&T, Walmart, and Coca-Cola
Career Experience
A 20-year progression delivering large-scale engineering programs.
Microsoft
Senior TPM — Azure Storage
- •Led Azure Storage's flagship control plane migration program — driving ramp readiness, Go/No-Go decisions, and fleet health validation across all new buildouts and live environments
- •Coordinates execution across 50–100+ engineers spanning Storage, Platform, Networking, OS, and Operations organizations; leads team of 7 TPMs
- •Built Shiproom AI — an AI-powered executive reporting system that analyzes Azure DevOps data on Big Rocks projects, replacing 10+ hours/month of manual program management work at <$1/run
Opendoor
Staff TPM — Data & Research
- •Built DataOps team from scratch (hired 5 data engineers) and created the Data Contract standard across 30+ stakeholders and 5+ teams
- •Narrowed scope from 17,800 total tables to ~120 most critical tables powering the pricing engine, then enforced reliability across all of them
- •Achieved ~90% reduction in data reliability Sev0/1 incidents (from 20%+ of total company incidents)
- •Led Snowflake-to-Databricks migration program (up to 8,846 tables) and owned SOX compliance for the pricing engine
Amazon
TPM (3 Roles)
- Relay Load Board (Apr 2020 – Sep 2021): First TPM, built framework enabling scale from NA-only to global freight marketplace (Japan, India, Canada)
- Alexa Voice Services (Sep 2021 – Feb 2022): Led cross-company program with Verizon for Alexa Built-in smart display; managed milestones with daily cross-company cadence
- Amazon Style (Feb 2022 – Sep 2022): TPM for ML recommendation workstream and Multi-Store S2 program; coordinated 29 tech teams for second store launch.
SAP
Principal TPM
- •Orchestrated Oracle-to-HANA migration for SAP SuccessFactors: 20,000+ tenants across 15+ global data centers, with weekly migration batches moving 100+ TB
- •Separately owned SAP Ariba security programs: BofA encryption, E2E encryption rollout, and GBaaS global activation (went live worldwide Dec 2019)
- •During CoE tenure, managed Fortune 500 escalations including IBM, Disney, Bank of America, AT&T, Walmart, and Coca-Cola
SAP Labs India
Senior Technical Consultant
- •CoE technology consulting for global enterprise customers across 4 continents
Infosys
Software Engineer
- •Telecom products for British Telecom (UK) and Telstra (Australia)
Education
MBA
University of Washington — Foster School of Business
2023
Focus: Strategy, Leadership
MS Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
2020
Focus: Data Science, ML, Cloud Computing
BE Computer Engineering
Savitribai Phule Pune University
2006
Focus: Computer Engineering
Endorsements
Perspectives from engineering leaders and colleagues.
"Rare combination of technically savvy and excellent communication"
"Brought a transparency and order to what otherwise would be a very chaotic process"
"Demonstrated an empathetic leadership style based on trust, humility and appreciation"
"Extremely customer focused and does not miss out on the small details"
"Ability to bring together large groups of cross-functional experts"
Speaking & Community
AI Pipeline Training
Delivered to 200+ Azure Storage engineers (Microsoft internal)
UW Foster School of Business Career Mixer
Speaker
ASU Career Series
Cloud Computing, AI, Data Science — Panel Speaker
ASU Business Data Science MS
Advisory Board Member
Tesla STEM High School PTSA
Board Member, Communications Co-chair
Tau Beta Pi
Engineering Honor Society Member
Selected Work
Beautifully crafted applications demonstrating technical obsession, structural purity, and elegant architectures.
Artha
LiveAI & Infrastructure
Personal Intelligence OS: A locally-running, knowledge-augmented AI framework designed for deep workflow automation and context retention. Built with advanced agentic patterns.
Vigor
LiveHealth & Fitness
AI-powered fitness platform with personalized coaching, smart workout generation, and progress tracking. Built with clean architecture principles and multi-provider AI integration.
Vimarsh
LiveSpiritual & Cultural
AI-powered conversational platform enabling authentic dialogues with history's greatest minds across 6 major domains. Features 25 operational personalities with Enhanced RAG and persistent memory.
Pathfinder
LiveTravel & Planning
AI-powered group trip planner with real-time collaboration, multi-family coordination, and intelligent cost management. Features innovative two-layer Azure architecture for 70% cost savings.
Sutra
LiveAI & Productivity
Enterprise-grade multi-LLM prompt studio for AI workflow orchestration. Features intelligent prompt engineering, advanced management, and cost-optimized architecture focusing on scale.
Carpool
DevelopmentTransportation
Enterprise-grade carpool coordination platform for school families. Features Microsoft Entra ID authentication, automated fairness tracking, and comprehensive safety verification.
Lexicon
DevelopmentDeveloper Tools
Professional RAG dataset preparation tool for macOS. Native app built with React, Rust, and Python for high-quality data processing, web scraping, and intelligent text chunking.
Leadership Advisory
I leverage 20 years of experience scaling technical organizations to help technology leaders achieve breakthrough results.
Technical PM
Master hybrid Agile methodologies and orchestrate complex technical initiatives with absolute precision.
"Built program frameworks from zero that scaled Amazon's freight marketplace to 5 countries"
Cloud Architecture
Design massively scalable, cost-effective cloud storage. Navigate complex migrations flawlessly.
"Led 20,000+ tenant migration across 15 global data centers"
Data & AI Leadership
Bridge the gap between experimental models and mission-critical production systems.
"Achieved 90% production incident reduction via Data Contract at Opendoor"