Shireesh Thota
Corporate Vice President, Azure Databases -
MicrosoftThe mission of Azure Data is to help customers build a new class of data-first applications and drive a data culture where every employee can make better decisions based on data. Shireesh leads product management, engineering, and cloud operations for Azure Databases. The products in his team’s portfolio include Azure SQL Database (on-prem, Hybrid and Cloud), Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, and Azure MySQL. Previously, as the Senior Vice President at SingleStore, Shireesh was responsible for end-to-end engineering and product vision of the company. Before moving to SingleStore, Shireesh was a founding member of Cosmos DB, where he architected, designed, and directly contributed to multiple key pieces of the services. Shireesh has 15+ years of experience on large scale, big data, scale-out, relational and schema agnostic distributed systems across SQL, Azure Cosmos DB and PostgreSQL/Citus.
Sessions Presenting
7:30 PM - 8:15 PM Greenwich Mean Time
Data is the fuel for innovation, driving the development of transformative applications and artificial intelligence (AI). This session will explore how harnessing the power of data across the Azure databases portfolio can lead to groundbreaking advancements that enhance operational efficiency, deliver personalized user experiences, and revolutionize the way we interact with technology.
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Greenwich Mean Time
Join us for an engaging discussion with VP of Databases Shireesh Thota, as he takes questions about the amazing announcements from the databases team this week.
2:53 PM - 3:03 PM Greenwich Mean Time
Big news about Microsoft databases is being made at Ignite - innovations that will make it easier to build scalable, intelligent apps and power AI transformation with all your data - from ground to cloud. Join Shireesh Thota (CVP, Engineering - Azure Databases) to explore the latest products and features.
