Naga Santhosh Reddy Vootukuri is a Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft, working within the Cloud Computing + AI (C+AI) organization. With over 18 years of experience spanning across three countries (India, China, and the USA), Naga has developed a rich and varied technical background. His expertise lies in Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, distributed systems, and microservices.
At Microsoft, Naga leads the Azure SQL Database team, focusing on optimizing SQL deployment processes to enhance the efficiency and scalability of services for millions of databases globally. He is responsible for the entire infrastructure of the Azure SQL deployment space and has been instrumental in the development of Master Data Services product.
In addition to his professional roles, Naga is deeply involved in the tech community as a speaker, technical book reviewer for different publishers, and contributor to platforms like DZone and the Microsoft Tech Community. As a Senior IEEE member, Naga served as IEEE AI summit 2024 Committee chair in selecting some of the best lightning talks. He also delivered AI related workshops and received an AI innovator award from Washington Senator Lisa Wellman. He is currently a Co-chair for selecting workshops for IEEE AI Summit 2025. He served as a judge for Industry wide AI/Database hackathons which further showcased his expertise and commitment to the advancement of technology. He also serves as an editorial board member for a highly reputed Science journal (SCI), where he reviews research articles on Cloud Computing and AI.
Naga also actively engages in Non-profit work for nuevo foundation, where we create content for inspiring kids to break into STEM world. Nuevo foundation -Anyone can code hackathon, won popular choice award in recently conducted Microsoft 2025 Hackathon worldwide. He also mentor’s students and industry folks on ADPList.org and Codepath.org by conducting mock interviews and share his experience to make a career in tech industry.