Glenna Manns
Principal Software Architect at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolGlenna Manns is a Principal Software Architect based in Seattle with a decade of experience designing and shipping cloud-scale distributed systems at Microsoft. She progressed through engineering and management roles to lead architecture work, specializing in durable workflow and Azure Functions internals where she contributed significant backend improvements to the widely used Durable Task Framework and Azure Functions Durable Extension. Glenna brings deep expertise in orchestration, storage tracking, and long-running workflow reliability, having implemented features for input retrieval, event handling, and history purge optimizations. Known for hands-on refactoring and clear API and documentation improvements, she blends technical leadership with developer-focused craftsmanship. An early Microsoft intern whose project was featured at Ignite, she combines institutional product knowledge with an engineer’s curiosity about system correctness and operational efficiency.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Jefferson Forest High SchoolCentral Virginia Governor's SchoolBachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at University of Virginia
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Github Skills (14)
asynchronous10
net10
asp-net10
azure-functions10
dotnet10
azure-storage10
csharp10
back-end-development10
async10
dotnet-core10
durable-functions10
azure-table-storage10
api-design9
testing7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/durabletask
Nov 2018 - Nov 2018
Durable Task Framework allows users to write long running persistent workflows in C# using the async/await capabilities.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 commits, 3 PRs, 10 pushes in 19 days
Contributions summary:Glenna's commits primarily focus on modifying the `AzureStorage` components of the `DurableTask` framework, specifically related to the `AzureTableTrackingStore`. They have implemented features to optimize orchestration instance input retrieval and purge instance history. Their work involved modifying core classes such as `AzureStorageOrchestrationService`, `AzureTableTrackingStore`, and `ITrackingStore`, demonstrating expertise in the framework's internal workings. The user has also added utilities and optimized purge history processes.
async-awaitdurablecsharplongpersistent
Azure/azure-functions-durable-extension
Nov 2018 - Jan 2019
Durable Task Framework extension for Azure Functions
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 3 PRs, 10 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Glenna primarily contributed to the backend functionality of the Azure Functions Durable Extension. Their work included modifying API interfaces, improving documentation, and refactoring codebase. The user implemented new features to enhance the status retrieval and event handling for orchestrations, adding functionalities like showing inputs. The user also addressed issues with exception handling within the orchestration framework.
durableazure-functionsazure
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