Sanket Nayak is a successful leader in the software industry, with over 10 years of experience developing high-performance teams and delivering business value. He has a Master of Science degree from the University of Maryland College Park, and he enjoys tackling the challenges that come with improving large-scale existing projects and developing new products. Throughout his career, he has gained experience leading both collocated and distributed teams in a variety of software genres, including automated machines, medical devices, education, business process automation, and large scale e-commerce websites. Before his current position as Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft, he held management positions at Amazon Web Services and DrFirst, Inc., as well as software engineering roles at NEC Corporation India Pvt Ltd. and Larsen & Toubro.