Manish Sharma is a highly experienced Data and Cloud Architect with a strong technical background in NoSQL databases and cloud technologies, including Azure and AWS. He is also an author and a regular speaker at tech conferences and webinars. With a specialization in IBM softlayer and Google Cloud Platform, Manish has helped numerous product companies in re-architecting and optimizing their applications and databases. With technical expertise in CosmosDB, MongoDB, .NET, Java, MarkLogic, MVC, Rest/SOAP, UWP, Office 365 integration, WPF, WCF, C#, Silverlight, SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, SQL DW, Media Services Analytics, and Machine Learning, Manish has contributed to several organizations. He currently serves as a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft and has previously worked as a Senior Software Engineer and Technical Evangelist at Microsoft. Moreover, he has held positions as a Senior Technical Architect at Netsmartz, Solution Architect at ClickSoftware, and Product Lead/Program Manager at Manchitra Services Pvt. Ltd. He also has experience as a Software Engineer at MKC Software Pvt. Ltd.