Summary
Blesson John is a Principal Product Manager leading Microsoft Purview product teams from London, with nine years of experience focused on data governance, analytics, and enterprise data strategy. He blends deep technical roots as a former SQL Server DBA and data solution architect with product leadership, shaping roadmaps that align customer needs, compliance requirements, and business outcomes. At Microsoft he has progressed from hands-on database and support roles to driving strategic product decisions for Purview, bringing practical empathy for customers solving complex data challenges. An MBA from London Business School complements his engineering degree, enabling him to translate technical complexity into commercially viable product experiences. Colleagues rely on him to represent the customer voice, coordinate stakeholders across engineering and go-to-market, and deliver solutions that balance usability with governance rigor. Less obvious: his background in on-prem SQL and Parallel Data Warehouse gives him a rare perspective on migration and hybrid governance scenarios many cloud-first teams overlook.
10 years of coding experience