Allen Mathias is a Principal Group Engineering Manager with 20+ years of software and engineering leadership experience, currently driving Viva Sales/Copilot for Sales at Microsoft from Mumbai. He blends deep product delivery instincts with hands-on backend and DevOps expertise—evidenced by contributions to Microsoft’s Azure Pipelines tasks—while relentlessly challenging “the way things have always been done.” Allen has led cross-functional teams across analytics, scoring, test automation, and distributed systems, shipping major features in Visual Studio and Dynamics 365. He pairs an MS in Computer Science with executive training in business analytics, which he leverages to align engineering rigor with measurable product growth. Known for absorbing knowledge from smart peers, he focuses on scalable infrastructure, automation, and pragmatic customizations that accelerate adoption.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science and Engineering, MS, Computer Science and Engineering at Pennsylvania State University - University Park
Executive Programme in Business Analytics, Executive Programme in Business Analytics at Indian School of Business
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Engineering at University of Mumbai
Contributions:136 commits, 84 PRs, 85 pushes in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Allen's primary contribution involved merging and integrating changes to the Azure Pipelines tasks. The commits demonstrate modifications to PowerShell scripts used in deployment processes, indicating a focus on DevOps aspects and infrastructure automation. The user has worked with several Azure-related tasks and configuration scripts, showing an understanding of backend Azure services and deployment workflows. The modifications suggest a role in enhancing the existing tasks and addressing identified issues within the build and deployment pipelines.
Contributions:6 PRs, 7 pushes, 5 branches in 7 years
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Allen Mathias - Principal Group Engineering Manager at Microsoft