Summary
Karl Piteira is a seasoned product leader with 11+ years scaling developer-focused products at Microsoft, currently heading a team that boosts developer productivity with AI. He has a strong track record of turning startups into enterprise offerings—integrating Capptain into Azure and shipping Azure Mobile Engagement—and has held founder and executive roles across SaaS, e-commerce, and telecom. Based on an engineering background from ESIEE, he blends technical fluency with strategic business development, having led acquisitions, partnerships with OEMs and Google, and end-to-end product lifecycles. Located on Mercer Island, he combines startup grit (multiple co‑founder roles) with large‑company program leadership, uniquely comfortable navigating both prototyping and global scale. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic operator who surfaces market insight into product strategy and execution.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer, Computer Technology, Engineer, Computer Technology at ESIEE
MSc, Computer Science, MSc, Computer Science at ESIEE PARIS
English, French, Portuguese, Spanish