Srini Acharya is a product manager and seasoned database engineer with over 30 years in database and server development and a decade formally in product roles, currently shaping SQL Server and Azure SQL Database at Microsoft. His career traces deep engine-level expertise from early work on RDB-star at Digital Equipment and Gupta's SQL core to leadership roles at Cognos, Asera, and now Microsoft, bridging low-level systems design with product strategy. He holds dual MS degrees from UMass Amherst in Computer Science and Civil Engineering, reflecting an analytical and multidisciplinary approach to problem solving. Known for translating complex database internals into customer-facing product decisions, he brings rare institutional memory of relational engine evolution to cloud database productization. Based in Sammamish, WA, he combines technical rigor with long-term stewardship of mission-critical data platforms.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - Computer Science, Computer Science, Master of Science - Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Civil Engineering at National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India
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