Ashish Munjal

Ashish Munjal is an accomplished engineering leader with a strong background in firmware development for Microsoft's Azure Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (CHIE) division.

With extensive experience in leading large engineering teams, Ashish specializes in uCode, UEFI/BIOS, BMC, SSD, Power Supply, Chassis/Rack Manager, SOC & PCIe firmware deployments.

He has been instrumental in developing LiveSite automation for Microsoft's Global Cloud Infrastructure across 200+ datacenters in over 60 regions and rolling out VM Availability mitigations into Azure's global cloud infrastructure.

Ashish holds 38 US patents in areas such as Cloud Servers, Distributed Systems, Management Software, and Power & Thermals, and has successfully delivered flagship $1B+ product lines from concept to volume production.

Throughout his career, Ashish has built high-performing engineering teams from the ground up and managed projects of high complexity, focusing on areas like Hyperscale Cloud Servers/Clusters, Cloud Service Availability, and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

His expertise also extends to delivering Server fault mitigations and VM Availability Improvements to Azure Cloud, including Cloud Server Infrastructure Fault Isolation.

Ashish Munjal's professional journey includes significant tenures at renowned companies like Microsoft, Dell, Brocade, Sun Microsystems, and IBM, where he contributed to various innovative projects related to Blade Servers, SAN Switches, and Power Systems firmware development.

He has a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Computer Engineering from Delhi Institute of Technology, University of Delhi, India.

Currently serving as the Director of Firmware Development at Microsoft Azure, Ashish has held key roles in leading engineering positions at Dell, Brocade, Sun Microsystems, and IBM, showcasing his versatile skill set and deep expertise across the tech industry.