Alex Okun
Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolAlex Okun is a Principal Engineering Manager based in Montreal with over 15 years of progressive software and leadership experience spanning SAP and Microsoft, where he advanced from hands-on engineering and performance roles to senior management and principal leadership. He blends deep technical roots in performance and scalable systems with proven people leadership—coaching teams, shaping delivery, and driving cross-organizational impact since joining Microsoft in 2019. Alex holds a Computer Science degree and an Erickson Professional Coach credential, signalling a rare combination of technical rigor and formal coaching skill that he uses to develop high-performing engineers. A lifelong learner who also pursued interior design studies, he brings a multidisciplinary perspective to product and team design, often surfacing practical, human-centered improvements behind the scenes.
3 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, YaffoDiploma of Education Interior Design, Diploma of Education Interior Design at Collège LaSalle, MontréalErickson Professional Coach (EPC) Coaching, Erickson Professional Coach (EPC) Coaching at Erickson Coaching International
English, Hebrew, Russian
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Github Skills (21)
javascript10
microsoft10
azure-sdk10
azure-functions10
typescript10
dotnet10
browser10
sdk10
dotnet-core10
azure10
nodejs10
csharp10
python9
nvidia-jetson-nano6
ssh6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (4)
Azure/azure-sdk-for-js
Mar 2023 - Mar 2025
This repository is for active development of the Azure SDK for JavaScript (NodeJS & Browser). For consumers of the SDK we recommend visiting our public developer docs at https://docs.microsoft.com/javascript/azure/ or our versioned developer docs at https://azure.github.io/azure-sdk-for-js.
Contributions:1 review, 1 comment in 1 year 11 months
versionedbrowserjavascriptsdkconsumers
Azure/azure-sdk-for-net
Jun 2022 - Jun 2024
This repository is for active development of the Azure SDK for .NET. For consumers of the SDK we recommend visiting our public developer docs at https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/azure/ or our versioned developer docs at https://azure.github.io/azure-sdk-for-net.
Contributions:2 reviews in 2 years
dotnetversionedazure-functionssdkconsumers
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