Kennie Pontoppidan
Principal Program Manager at Microsoft
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Top SchoolKennie Pontoppidan is a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft with over a decade of hands-on experience shaping the server, database and telemetry strategy for Dynamics 365 Business Central. He combines deep technical chops in databases, performance engineering and cloud infrastructure with product leadership—owning reporting, resource governance, stability and incident management for the SaaS product. A frequent speaker on database topics and author of telemetry tooling and Power BI apps used by partners, he moves comfortably between KQL query craft and high-level architecture. Kennie is known for pragmatic, incremental improvements that boost both customer outcomes and team morale, and he blends academic rigor (teaching database courses and serving as a censor) with real-world operational responsibility as an on-call incident manager.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Math, Master of Science Math at Københavns Universitet - University of CopenhagenMaster IT Management and Strategy, Master IT Management and Strategy at IT-Universitetet i KøbenhavnSankt Annæ Gymnasium1 year management program based on the systemic field of psychology, 1 year management program based on the systemic field of psychology at AttractorComputer science studies, Computer science studies at The University of Queensland
English, Danish
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Github Skills (10)
sql-query10
sql9
api8
data-analysis8
apidoc8
json7
sql-server6
design-patterns6
architecture6
antipatterns6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/BCTech
Feb 2020 - Jan 2023
Business Central technology samples
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:3 releases, 1 review, 1111 commits in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Kennie's contributions focus on implementing and refining KQL queries within the context of a Business Central technology samples repository. Their work involved creating, modifying, and testing queries related to various aspects of the platform, particularly those related to monitoring and troubleshooting database and web service performance. The user's code additions reveal a strong understanding of the underlying data structures and database operations of the system. They were responsible for crafting queries to analyze data from different telemetry sources.
javabusiness-central
microsoft/powerplatform-telemetry
Jan 2022 - Sep 2022
A repository of code samples and guidance on how to use telemetry emitted from Power Platform and Dynamics products into Azure Application Insights
Contributions:22 commits, 1 PR, 20 pushes in 7 months
application-insightspower-platformguidancetelemetryazure-application-insights
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