Sai Kondapalli is an entrepreneurial technology leader with extensive experience spanning Database Software Engineering, Product Management, and Solutions Architecture. Currently serving as a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, he leads product strategy and development for Azure Database for MySQL services, driving significant business impact through innovative solutions and strategic initiatives.
At Microsoft, Sai has spearheaded multiple high-impact projects that have transformed customer experiences and generated substantial revenue growth. His leadership of Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) for MySQL resulted in significant increases in user adoption and added substantial annual revenue. He also led the groundbreaking integration between Azure Database for MySQL and Azure Functions, achieving notable growth in user adoption for both services. His work on LAMP stack automated deployments for popular applications like Moodle and Magento drove increased user adoption while adding multi-millions in annual revenue.
Prior to Microsoft, Sai served as a Database Specialist Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services, where he acted as a technical liaison between customers and engineering teams. He architected hybrid AWS solutions, guided customers on best practices, and provided hands-on engineering support for mission-critical services. His earlier role as Cloud Database Engineer at AWS involved backend development for large-scale multi-node datasets and end-to-end testing improvements.
Sai's career began at Oslo Solutions, where he led database development across Microsoft's IT organization, managing teams of professionals and architecting high-transactional datasets for enterprise-scale applications. He successfully migrated databases from on-premises to Azure cloud platforms, demonstrating his expertise in cloud transformation initiatives.
Sai holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Houston Clear Lake and a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. His data-driven approach, collaborative leadership style, and proven ability to deliver strategic initiatives from conception to launch make him a valuable asset in driving technological innovation and business growth.