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Sameer Mhaisekar
Solutions Engineer
Thane,MH
Summary
A self-driven and self-motivated 2x Microsoft MVP, with experience in the roles of a Product Advocate, Solutions Engineer, Technical Marketing, and Customer Success Engineer with deep experience in technical pre-sales, customer demos, PoCs, workshops, and solution architecture discussions.
Known for bridging product, engineering, sales, and customers, and for delivering high-quality technical content, workshops, and conference sessions.
Awarded Azure Community Hero, Azure Content Hero, and Microsoft MVP for contributions to the Microsoft ecosystem.
Founder/Organizer of Experts Live India, the Indian edition of the global Microsoft community conference.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Solutions/DevRel Engineer
SquaredUp
10.2023 - Current
- Delivered customer demos, PoCs, and workshop sessions to demonstrate real-world use cases using SquaredUp’s dashboarding platform.
- Involved in Copilot adoption and evangelism within the organization to drive and showcase an AI-assisted way of working.
- Involved in the technical marketing of the product by participating in webinars, competitor analysis, and GTM strategies for new features.
- Collaborated with sales teams to customize demo narratives, address objections, and support opportunity progression.
- Partnered with PMs and engineering to relay customer feedback, improve product direction, and align messaging.
- Produced high-quality videos, blogs, and webinars that improved product education and pre-sales readiness.
- Established strong working relationships with clients through exceptional communication skills, fostering trust and collaboration.
- Technologies: unified dashboarding, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Azure, API integrations, and other tools.
Consultant
TopQore
10.2022 - 10.2023
- Led customer-facing demos, training sessions, and webinars for hybrid cloud and monitoring modernization journeys.
- Delivered technical training programs on modern data centers, Azure hybrid, and monitoring solutions.
- Supported customer requirements gathering and solution mapping for hybrid cloud platforms.
- Technologies: Azure Stack HCI, SCOM, Azure Arc, Hybrid Cloud.
- Managed client relationships through regular check-ins and updates on project progress.
Principal Engineering Technologist
Dell EMC
11.2021 - 10.2022
- Delivered technical presentations, solution demos, and PoCs across global enterprise accounts.
- Collaborated closely with pre-sales, field engineering, marketing, and product teams to align solution capabilities with customer needs.
- Provided architecture guidance for Azure hybrid deployments, and relayed field insights back to engineering.
- Managed multiple projects concurrently.
- Technologies: Azure Stack HCI, Azure Arc, hybrid-cloud integrations, datacenter, and SDN platforms.
Technical Evangelist
SquaredUp
08.2019 - 11.2021
- Delivered customer onboarding sessions, walkthroughs, and demos, supporting product adoption.
- Created effective content (blogs, webinars) that contributed to successful customer conversions.
- Technologies: Unified dashboarding, SCOM, Azure, API integrations, and other tools.
Sr. Technical Consultant
Green House Data
01.2019 - 07.2019
- Technologies: Azure IaaS, Azure Site Recovery (ASR), SCOM, migration tooling
- Delivered customer engagements focused on Azure migrations and cloud readiness assessments.
- Supported ASR-based migration projects and monitoring implementations.
Sr. Technical Consultant
Infront Consulting Group
10.2018 - 12.2018
- Technologies: Azure IaaS, SCOM
- Delivered SCOM and Azure IaaS implementation and support across enterprise environments.
System Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
08.2015 - 09.2018
- Technologies: SCOM, CA UIM, Azure IaaS
- Delivered architecture planning, deployment, and migration of enterprise monitoring environments.
- Conducted tool comparison demos (SCOM vs CA UIM), built PoCs, and delivered modernization proposals to clients.
- Optimized monitoring for diverse enterprise infrastructures across multiple teams.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communications
M.G.M’s Jawaharlal Nehru College of Engineering
01.2015
Skills
Solution Engineering & Pre-Sales
Accomplishments
- Awarded the prestigious Microsoft MVP award twice in a row - for Azure Hybrid Cloud and Azure AI Services
- Awarded Microsoft Content Hero and Microsoft Community Hero
AWARDS
2× Microsoft MVP (Azure AI Services, Hybrid Cloud), Azure Community Hero, Azure Content Hero
Interests
Trekking
Public Speaking
Timeline
Solutions/DevRel Engineer
SquaredUp
10.2023 - Current
Consultant
TopQore
10.2022 - 10.2023
Principal Engineering Technologist
Dell EMC
11.2021 - 10.2022
Technical Evangelist
SquaredUp
08.2019 - 11.2021
Sr. Technical Consultant
Green House Data
01.2019 - 07.2019
Sr. Technical Consultant
Infront Consulting Group
10.2018 - 12.2018
System Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
08.2015 - 09.2018
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communications
M.G.M’s Jawaharlal Nehru College of Engineering