Karun Bakshi, Technology Evangelism, Cloud & Infrastructure, Microsoft

Karun Bakshi directs the Cloud & Infrastructure portfolio of companies in the Microsoft BizSpark One program where he identifies, recruits and advises high potential startups in cloud computing. Prior to Microsoft, Karun was at Oracle. In his last role at Oracle, he led business development for Oracle's database and middleware platforms in the retail and life sciences industry verticals for North America. Prior to this role, Karun was the senior product manager for the Oracle mobile database. In yet another life, he was a “hack", developing applications and algorithms for next generation satellite systems. Karun holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from MIT (on leave from the doctoral program), and an MBA from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.