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.
4 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
Github Skills (12)
typescript10
azure10
javascript10
dotnet10
nodejs10
js10
browser10
microsoft10
azure-sdk10
python8
azure-communication-services5
java4
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
azureazure-sdkjavascriptjsnodejs
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
azureazure-sdkdotnetmicrosoftc-sharp
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