Vindhya Banda

Hi, I'm

Vindhya Banda

Product Manager II at Microsoft

Seattle, WA

About Me

I'm developing solutions that drive the next wave of industrial intelligence on Microsoft Fabric, with a special focus on building IoT and 3D systems that power Physical AI solutions from high-volume data. I'm passionate about fostering inclusive communities in tech, having led initiatives with Girls Who Code at Purdue and now the Women & Allies of Azure Edge ERG at Microsoft.

Latest Updates

MVP Summit presentation MVP Summit session MVP Summit cherry blossoms
Apr 2025

Speaker at MVP Summit 2025

Presented 'Operationalizing Industrial AI: Azure IoT Operations, Microsoft Fabric, and NVIDIA Omniverse in Action', diving into how Microsoft and NVIDIA are delivering an integrated platform for physical AI across airports, energy grids, and manufacturing.

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Life After Purdue panel Life After Purdue speakers
Mar 2025

Life After Purdue Speaker Panel

Invited back to speak at the Life After Purdue panel hosted by the CS Undergraduate Student Board and Girls Who Code at Purdue, sharing experiences on the switch to product management, navigating tech recruiting, and how college experiences shaped my career.

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🎓 Education

Purdue University

B.S. in Computer Science

  • Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • Dean's List (All Semesters)
  • CS Corporate Scholars Award (2021)

🛠️ Skills

Python Java C/C++ JavaScript SQL AWS Azure AI IoT REST APIs LangGraph MCP Copilot Studio LLMs Prompt Engineering Docker NVIDIA Omniverse OpenUSD 3D Modeling Figma Jira Git GTM Strategy

Experience

Product Manager II

Microsoft · Redmond, WA Mar 2023 - Present

Microsoft Fabric's Digital Twin Builder (Satya's Keynote Announcement)

  • → Drove product development from 0 to 1, reaching 348 active deployments by public preview launch.
  • → Architected and delivered Ontology Management and Import Ontology features, the primary integration surface for customers to connect bespoke industrial solutions and map domain models to live data in DTB.
  • → Collaborated with UX team to design wireframes and validate usability through targeted studies. Built an AI workflow that reduced UX design and dev cycle from 14 to 3 days (80% reduction), led team-wide adoption.
  • → Coded an early-access SDK that accelerated pre-UX feedback loops and drove three major product pivots: broader ontology format support, non-linear user flows, and AI-powered bulk digital twin creation.

NVIDIA-Microsoft Physical AI Partnership (Customer Impact Story | Whitepaper)

Azure IoT Hub

  • → Leading data egress routing strategy for IoT Hub, managing 105+ TB of daily egress across 481M devices.
  • → Driving development of the first native Fabric real-time connector for IoT Hub, positioned for $15M ARR.
  • → Designed and implemented IoT Hub routing schema update across 46K+ active hubs (50B+ msgs/day) to persist system properties, enabling device-level identity, lineage, and traceability in downstream analytics.

Product Manager Intern

Microsoft, Azure IoT Hub Team · Redmond, WA Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
  • → Built a rapid PoC enabling Azure connectivity with the SAME54 development board, unlocking over 1,300 use cases and serving as a template to make MikroE click boards Azure-ready.
  • → Wrote models for telemetry parsing and published device driver code to ensure secure and fast data communication between MCU devices and Azure. Developed a sales playbook for the same.
  • → Worked across teams to construct multiple application scenarios and vet sales playbooks for MCU Security. Collaborated with external stakeholders to identify 6 potential international customers.

Software Development Intern

Amazon Web Services, CodeGuru Team · Seattle, WA Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
  • → Improved Rules Management System to store DragonGlass rules and metadata in a serializable format.
  • → Developed an adapter that deserializes read-in entries and serializes write-to entries for client interactions.
  • → Collaborated cross-functionally with AWS CodeGuru Reviewer team to build requirements for designing a front end for the service. Developed mockups, PRD, and technical whitepapers for the same.

Software Engineering Intern

Cisco, Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator Team · San Jose, CA Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
  • → Built a partner-facing pip-installable Python SDK for the Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator, enabling programmatic access to multi-site network policy orchestration and eliminating portal dependency for automation workflows.
  • → Authored full developer documentation and test coverage for production readiness, and led enterprise adoption efforts across major clients, notably The Bosch Group.

Projects

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Oncology Agent

Python · Azure AI · OpenAI · DICOM · FastAPI · Next.js

Hackathon Demo → | GitHub →

  • Architected a multimodal AI inference pipeline integrating CT scans (DICOM), histology slides, and unstructured clinical notes via FastAPI, orchestrating Microsoft's MedImageParse, GigaPath, and BioMed Parse models for unified NLP and computer vision analysis.
  • Implemented interpretable TNM staging recommendations by fusing model outputs across imaging and clinical modalities, reducing manual oncology review time from hours to minutes.
  • Built a full clinical workflow backend including case management APIs, audit-tracked staging review pipelines, and automated Tumor Board–ready PDF report generation via Next.js.
  • Pitched to Microsoft's Health & Life Sciences division for enterprise integration.

Azure Jumpstart Agora

Azure IoT Operations · Microsoft Fabric · Azure ML · Microsoft 365 Copilot

Demoed at Microsoft Ignite 2024 →

  • Built a predictive analytics solution for retail demand forecasting within the Contoso Hypermarket scenario, ingesting edge IoT telemetry, POS transaction history, and inventory data through an Azure IoT Operations and Microsoft Fabric edge-to-cloud pipeline.
  • Integrated Azure ML forecasting models with Microsoft 365 Copilot to surface actionable supply predictions via natural language, enabling store managers to query inventory trends without writing queries.

Leadership & Volunteering

Lead, Women & Allies of Azure Edge ERG

Microsoft · Redmond, WA Present

President, Undergraduate Student Board for CS, DS, AI

Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN 2021 - 2022

President, Girls Who Code

Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN 2021 - 2022

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

Facilitated learning for 150+ students by hosting office hours and leading weekly lab sessions for CS180 (OOP).

Incubator Program Director

NextGen Leaders · Seattle, WA May 2024 - Sep 2025

Led a startup incubator for high school students focused on healthcare and productivity ventures, mentoring teams and delivering lectures on product design and marketing.

SAT Tutor

Minds Matter Seattle · Seattle, WA Aug 2024 - Dec 2025

Tutored SAT prep for high school students from underrepresented communities, building personalized lesson plans and practice strategies.

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