Justine Cocchi is a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft with 11 years of experience shaping Azure Cosmos DB platform strategy and delivery. She progressed from software engineer and technical evangelist roles into senior program leadership, blending hands-on engineering knowledge with program-level ownership of distributed database services. Based in Los Angeles, she brings a pragmatic, product-focused approach to cloud data systems and cross-team coordination across engineering, PM, and customer-facing teams. Her background includes early engineering internships at IBM and practical IT support at USC, giving her a rare mix of enterprise, academic, and infrastructure troubleshooting experience. Known for translating complex technical requirements into prioritized roadmaps, she excels at driving scalable, reliable features for global cloud customers. Colleagues would describe her as a systems-minded leader who pairs technical depth with clear program execution.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science and Business Adminstration, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science and Business Adminstration at University of Southern California
Build a copilot application with Azure OpenAI Service, Azure Cosmos DB & Azure App Service.
Contributions:3 PRs, 49 pushes, 15 branches in 3 months
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Justine Cocchi - Principal Program Manager at Microsoft