$1M+
Monthly Azure consumed revenue
Won the technical decision on a major automotive customer’s first Azure project, creating a foundation for continued growth.
Product manager. Platform architect. Builder.
Great
insights
start with
data
you can
trust.
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01 / Profile
A technology leader with 14+ years of experience shipping products, solving for complex enterprise customers, and turning cloud data platforms into useful infrastructure.
Insights are only as good as the data behind them. Deep in Microsoft Fabric, Azure data analytics, cloud warehousing, and the practical work of making a technical decision stick.
02 / Evidence
The work has a
way of compounding.
70%
Performance improvement
Improved a customer’s system enough to retain a $500K monthly workload that was at risk of moving to a competitor.
5 min
End-to-end Synapse deployment
Helped create a repeatable accelerator with metadata-driven data loading, making complex proof-of-concept work dramatically faster.
1K
Average daily Azure Diagrams visitors
Designed the web application for creating and sharing Azure architectures; it was later adopted within Microsoft’s enterprise sales methodology.
03 / Professional record
Built across
the stack.
2025 — now
Microsoft
Principal Product Manager — Fabric Warehouse
Owns the distributed query processor, including Custom SQL Pools, workload management vision, and billing strategy. Partners with strategic accounts to drive adoption and translates customer and competitive analysis into roadmap decisions.
- Launched Custom SQL Pools through private preview, engineering coordination, and go-to-market content.
- Partnered with leadership on a billing model that aligns infrastructure cost with competitive price-performance.
2020 — 2025
Microsoft
Director Specialist, Global Black Belt — Data & Analytics
Led high-stakes technical engagements across Microsoft’s most complex Azure data customers, while scaling field insight and repeatable solution assets.
- Created the Azure Synapse Lakehouse Sync solution, earning the FY23 Q4 Data & AI Innovator Award.
- Developed the Fabric Capacity Autoscaler solution featured at the 2024 Fabric Conference.
- Earned Customer Excellence, Technical Excellence, and Customer Success Impact awards for complex customer outcomes.
2015 — 2020
BlueGranite
Senior Solution Consultant
Architected and delivered Azure-based data platforms for clients, from early proof-of-concept work to production migrations and analytics systems.
- Led Azure Databricks workshops and product demonstrations for prospective clients.
- Delivered a 15-month, $700K data warehouse migration on time and under budget.
2012 — 2015
Stryker
Business Intelligence Developer
Directed reporting architecture and Kimball warehouse design for global data systems across the Microsoft BI stack.
- Developed FDA- and SOX-compliant systems under rigorous design controls.
- Delivered a $15M global Medical Device Excise Tax program with $75M in first-year cost avoidance and no production failures.
04 / Public work
The ideas are
meant to travel.
05 / Foundation
Michigan State University
B.S. Computer Science, cognate in Business · 2012
Microsoft Fabric Analytics · Azure Data Engineer · Azure AI Engineer · Power Platform · MCSE Data Management & Analytics · Databricks Certified Developer · HDP Certified Developer
06 / Beyond the work
Building a life
that matters.
Meaningful work starts with the people who keep the perspective clear.
Good systems make better work possible.
bret.a.myers@gmail.com ↗ LinkedIn