Paul Clapman
Retired
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Clapman is a seasoned program and product leader with 25+ years delivering highly available, scalable distributed systems and operating the world’s largest real-time communication service during his tenure at Microsoft. He has led cross-functional teams across product development, hardware quality for Azure, Windows international delivery, and Windows Live operations, blending long-term technical vision with hands-on program management. Known for translating customer needs into operationally resilient services, he has deep experience in supply chain-driven hardware quality, incident/problem management, and large-team leadership. After senior program roles at Amazon Prime Video and Microsoft, he is now retired and based in Phoenix, bringing a rare combination of operational rigor and strategic product sense. A political science and philosophy graduate, he pairs broad analytical thinking with practical engineering leadership—often surfacing overlooked operational dependencies early in program lifecycles.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Baldwin High SchoolBS Political Science, Law and Philosophy, BS Political Science, Law and Philosophy at Ithaca College
Github Skills (44)
visual-studio-code10
visual-studio-mac10
javascript10
electron10
microsoft10
scripting10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
editor10
microsoft-graph10
visual-studio10
visual-studio-extension10
vscode10
visual-studio-for-mac10
csharp9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
PoulChapman/visualstudio-docs-public-personal
Apr 2017 - Dec 2024
Visual Studio Documentation
Contributions:6 PRs, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 9 months
visual-studio-extensionvisual-studio
PoulChapman/RandomGenerator
Feb 2018 - Apr 2022
Contributions:2 releases, 2 PRs, 4 pushes in 4 years 3 months
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