Clint Rutkas
Principal Product Manager Lead at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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RockstarClint Rutkas is a Principal Product Manager Lead with 15 years of experience shaping developer experiences at Microsoft, currently overseeing PowerToys, Dev Home and other projects that make Windows a first-class platform for developers. He blends product leadership with hands-on engineering—regularly contributing to high-profile open source projects like microsoft/PowerToys and TemplateStudio, where his commits span build infrastructure, settings UI, and front-end fixes. Based in Seattle, he has a track record of shipping developer tooling and developer evangelism dating back to early roles as a technical evangelist and program manager on large-scale services and hardware-integrated demos. Known for bridging developer needs and platform strategy, he brings both community-facing advocacy and deep technical maintenance experience to product decisions. An often-overlooked strength is his history of building tooling and automation (from build boxes to VM test environments), which informs pragmatic, developer-first product roadmaps.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (26)
xaml10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
back-end-development9
dotnet9
net9
csharp9
windows-ui9
dotnet-core9
system-integration9
asp-net9
data-integration9
template-tags8
templater8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/PowerToys
Oct 2019 - Jan 2023
Windows system utilities to maximize productivity
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:68 releases, 870 reviews, 782 commits in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Clint's commits focus on merging branches and updating the build process, indicating involvement in maintaining and integrating code within the PowerToys repository. The user modified Javascript files, potentially involved in UI/UX aspects, and worked on the main settings UI, which suggests familiarity with the core settings and features. The user's activity across multiple files suggests a role involved in back-end infrastructure and maintaining the overall structure of the settings.
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microsoft/TemplateStudio
Dec 2016 - Oct 2019
Template Studio accelerates the creation of new WinUI 3, WPF, and UWP apps using a wizard-based experience.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 455 commits, 213 PRs in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Clint made several commits focused on updating and correcting privacy URLs and setting default URLs within the template Studio's WebView and LiveTile features. These commits show a focus on addressing placeholder content and configuring the user interface elements. Additionally, the user resolved namespace spacing issues for code standards across multiple project templates. Furthermore, the user fixed issues with the MasterDetail, Map, and WebView pages, contributing to improving UI-related functionalities within the Windows Template Studio.
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