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Pavla P.

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Director, Forensic Engineering at Microsoft
📍 Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States

Pavla is a Director at Microsoft leading the Forensic Engineering and Availability team for cloud infrastructure. She previously founded and scaled the companys global construction quality program. Colleagues describe her as hard-working, tenacious, and resourceful, with a strong engineering background from Purdue University Fort Wayne.

Her journey is unique, having transitioned from a professional basketball career to technology leadership. This athletic background instills her leadership style with discipline, resilience, and a deep appreciation for team dynamics. She was previously active in the National Society of Black Engineers.

She successfully pivoted from professional basketball to leading global cloud infrastructure engineering for one of the worlds largest tech companies.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Director, Forensic Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States
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Engineering Resilience
Leads a forensic engineering team at Microsoft focused on preventing recurrence of critical infrastructure issues and improving system-level resilience.
Athlete Mindset
Draws on her past as a professional basketball player to shape her leadership style, emphasizing discipline, resilience, and high-performing team dynamics.
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Career

Work history

10-2024
Director, Forensic Engineering
Microsoft
9-2022 - 10-2024
Director, Global Construction Quality
Microsoft
7-2020 - 9-2022
Director, Global Data Center Quality
Microsoft
7-2019 - 7-2020
Sr. TPM, Network Infrastructure Deployment
Microsoft
1-2018 - 7-2019
Sr. Technical Program Manager
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Education
2005 - 2007
BSEE
Purdue University Fort Wayne
AS
Yavapai College
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