Rohit Sarangi

Rohit Sarangi

Azure DevOps Senior Partner Technical Advisor at Microsoft | MCP

Greater Bengaluru Area

Profile summary

Strategic Azure DevOps Senior Partner Technical Advisor with 25 years shaping enterprise support and service management outcomes, specializing in optimizing tech support using AI-driven workflows and automation. Known for driving technical triages, managing escalations, and directing team readiness frameworks across global operations. Committed to optimizing product support workflows, refining engineering processes, and elevating technical delivery standards through artificial intelligence.

Career highlights

AI-Driven Support Optimization: Leveraged artificial intelligence to optimize tech support workflows, reducing resolution times and improving enterprise customer satisfaction metrics.

Team Leadership and Training: Managed a team of 15 people at IBM Daksh India Pvt Ltd and conducted new hire product and process trainings for about 4 to 5 new hire batches.

Global Training and Leadership: Delivered new hire trainings for over 100 candidates and made them ready for working with premier enterprise customers. Managing teams across three locations and different time zones covering APAC, India, and EMEA.

Project Execution: Executed an organization-wide project called Collaborate to Win that effectively addressed long-running collaboration challenges faced by different teams in the organization.

Key skills

SkillsTechnical Support AI-Driven Support Optimization Support Workflow Automation Team Management Change Management Technical Support Strategy Case Management Delivery Incident Management Processes Engineering Readiness Frameworks Stakeholder Management Azure DevOps Service Management Product Support Workflows Escalation Processes Microsoft CoPilot Customer Success Troubleshooting Onboarding Ticketing SLA Management Communication
OperationsWorkflow Design Execution
DevOpsCI/CD Docker Kubernetes Terraform Linux
Microsoft AIPrompt Engineering CoPilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint CoPilot in MS Teams
ProductPrioritization Analytics
Public AI tools.Claude ChatGPT Perplexity AI Gemini

Professional experience

Senior Partner Technical AdvisorAug 2024 - Present
MicrosoftBengaluru

Defines technical support strategy and engineering readiness frameworks, steering regional and global case management delivery. Coordinates across product groups and engineering teams to refine escalation processes and early warning systems.

  • Drives engineer readiness through skills-gap analysis and product needs to secure timely case resolution, integrating AI-driven workflows to optimize tech support operations.
  • Executes technical triages on complex upcoming products using automated tools to elevate overall team performance metrics and triage efficiency.
  • Manages escalated problems requiring broad product knowledge and deep specialty across systems, applying AI-powered insights for faster root-cause analysis.
  • Contributes to customer self-help documentation and support volume deflection initiatives by deploying generative AI solutions.
Partner Technical AdvisorSep 2022 - Aug 2024
Microsoft
Technical AdvisorSep 2012 - Aug 2022
MicrosoftBangalore, India

Guided frontline engineering operations as a technical advisor, directing customer case resolution and service management training delivery for enterprise accounts. Managed team scheduling, hiring, and product onboarding while aligning cross-functional internal stakeholders to address critical technical escalations.

  • Executed the Collaborate to Win project across the organization to resolve cross-functional teamwork challenges.
  • Conducted triage sessions with the product group for feature requests, software bugs, and hot fix requirements during RedZone meetings.
  • Managed the publication of blogs and customer-facing knowledge base articles alongside public documentation improvements.
Support EngineerJul 2005 - Sep 2012
Microsoft

Shaped developer community support operations, managing account management and product support workflows from single users to multinational enterprises. Guided incident management processes while routing technical issues to appropriate depth support groups.

  • Delivered real-time resolution to business critical and production down issues across the.NET framework and Visual Studio.
  • Consulted clients on design recommendations and assisted in developing software installer packages using Windows Installer and Orca.
  • Provided primary level guidance for complex problems and routed incidents to correct depth support groups with 95% accuracy.
Technical leadJan 2002 - Jul 2005
IBM
  • Achieved 75% customer satisfaction through guided installation and configuration of operating systems, applications, and drivers.
  • Conducted new hire product and process training programs across 4 to 5 batches.
Faculty and Machine Room CoordinatorSep 2000 - Aug 2002
NIIT Limited
  • Instructed classes in Java Development Kit 1.2 and Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, implementing database connectivity via JDBC-ODBC bridges.
  • Guided student development for a Call Center software project built with C++ and MySQL on a Linux platform.
Faculty CoordinatorSep 2000 - Aug 2002
NIIT
  • Instructed students in Java Development Kit 1.2, Microsoft SQL 7.0, and Linux administration classes across DOS, Windows, and Unix platforms.
  • Guided student project teams through the delivery of C++ and MySQL applications on Linux environments.

Education

Master of Computer Applications - MCAJan 2002 - Jan 2005
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Advance DiplomaJan 1999 - Jan 2002
National Institute of Information Technology

Computer Programming, Specific Applications

B.ScJan 1992 - Jan 1995
Berhampur University

Physics, Chemistry, Math

Senior SecondaryApr 1991 - Jun 1992
Chinmaya Vidyalaya

Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics

Higher Secondary Certificate.Apr 1981 - Jun 1991
LPS School, Jay Kay Pur.
Master of Computer Applications - MCA, Computer Application ·Jan 2002 - Jan 2005
National Institute of Information Technology

Advance Diploma, Computer Programming, Specific

Applications ·Jan 1999 - Jan 2002
Berhampur University
B.Sc, Physics, Chemistry, Math ·Jan 1992 - Jan 1995
Chinmaya Vidyalaya
Senior Secondary, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics ·Apr 1991 - Jun 1992
LPS School, Jay Kay Pur.

Certifications

Agile Development Practices
Intro to Service Management with ITIL® 4
Azure DevOps First Look
Remote Work Foundations
Creative Problem Solving for Technologists
Rohit Sarangi
Azure DevOps Senior Partner Technical Advisor at Microsoft
Azure AI
Team Excellence & Performance Optimization.
Greater Bengaluru Area

Languages

Hindi · Native

English · Fluent