Samir Rajadnya

Samir Rajadnya is currently a Principal Architect in Microsoft’s Azure Hardware Architecture team, which is responsible for long-range technology pathfinding for future Azure Cloud systems. Samir is part of a team responsible for future memory systems. This team investigates future architecture directions for Azure and serves as the primary architecture contact point in technical relationships with compute, memory, and device partners. Prior to joining Microsoft, Samir spent many years innovating in memory, storage, and networking. Samir was key architect to productize 3DXP technology at Micron, architect, at disruptive storage startup DSSD and many more. Samir received his master’s in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.