Chris Riggs is a Principal Product Manager with 10+ years leading security-focused product strategy and operations at Microsoft, currently helping drive the Security Future Initiative. He has deep cross-platform experience across endpoint, identity, cloud and email security, having led global XDR hunting, customer-facing Defender deployments, and platform isolation efforts spanning Windows, Azure, browsers and Office. Chris combines formal process rigor (CMM, RUP, Six Sigma, PMI) with agile product execution, building KPIs, research-driven roadmaps and white-glove customer engagements that close feedback loops into engineering. Earlier roles in global program and ERP delivery at GE sharpened his operational discipline and ability to coordinate large, cross-functional ecosystems and OEM partners. Based in Austin, he pairs technical fluency in hardware-to-cloud security with a proven knack for translating complex threat and OEM scenarios into ship-ready product decisions.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Management/MIS, B.S. Management/MIS at Purdue University Daniels School of Business
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Purdue University
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Chris Riggs - Principal Product Manager at Microsoft