Simina Pasat is a product leader with a decade of experience building developer-first experiences and scaling high-performing cross-functional teams, currently serving as VP of Product Management at GitHub. She has led major launches—most recently the GA of Copilot Enterprise—and driven product efforts across core developer workflows like repositories, code search, and client apps. Known for customer obsession, she has repeatedly led Special Projects that removed top developer frictions and doubled team size while delivering 100+ customer-facing improvements. Her background blends hands-on engineering roots and strategy from roles at Microsoft and early technical work in IoT and voice UIs, giving her a pragmatic, technically literate approach to product decisions. Based in Seattle, she prioritizes time-to-market and elegant user experiences that measurably increase trust across open source and enterprise customers.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Software Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Software Engineering at Technical University of Munich
"Politehnica" University of Bucharest
Computer Science, Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
Honors Degree in Technology Management Technology Management, Honors Degree in Technology Management Technology Management at Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM)
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