Andrew Clear
Principal Product Manager at Microsoft
Bellevue, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolAndrew Clear is a Principal Product Manager with 12 years of experience applying lean and agile practices to bridge business problems and complex technical systems, currently focused on Dynamics 365 and Universal Resource Scheduling. At Microsoft he has driven developer and pro-dev experiences across Conversational AI, Azure Bot Framework, and Teams, designing core SDK features like Teams bot support and bot-to-bot "skills." He pairs hands-on engineering contributions—such as integrating Microsoft Graph for Teams authentication and extending botbuilder-python schemas—with product leadership that aligns cross-functional teams and shipping roadmaps. Prior roles leading enterprise applications and ALM transformations show he scales teams and delivery practices, improving BI pipelines and adoption of DevOps/Agile at enterprise scale. Based in Bellevue, he blends a CS/math background with military leadership experience, which informs a pragmatic, process-oriented approach to program execution. Notably, his open-source work on high-profile Microsoft repos has directly improved Teams developer tooling and documentation used by thousands.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics and Computer Science at Pacific Lutheran University
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Github Skills (33)
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
MicrosoftDocs/msteams-docs
Dec 2018 - Jan 2021
Source for the Microsoft Teams developer platform documentation.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 831 commits, 509 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily worked on the front-end aspects of the Microsoft Teams documentation site. Their contributions included adding new templates and samples, along with fixing typos and making various enhancements to the landing page. They also integrated new sample code for developers, demonstrating a strong understanding of the Teams platform and its features. Furthermore, the user's commits reflect a focus on improving the user experience of the documentation.
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microsoft/BotBuilder-Samples
Jan 2020 - Jun 2021
Welcome to the Bot Framework samples repository. Here you will find task-focused samples in C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python to help you get started with the Bot Framework SDK!
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 23 commits, 19 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Andrew focused on implementing and integrating Microsoft Graph API calls within the Bot Framework samples, specifically for Teams authentication and messaging extensions. They added features like sending emails, retrieving user information, and handling user authentication flow using the Microsoft Graph. The user also made updates to existing code samples, including implementing methods for card updates and member retrieval, demonstrating a strong understanding of Teams bot development. They are contributing to the overall functionality and capabilities of the Bot Framework samples related to Teams integration.
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