Aseem Datar

Vice President
Microsoft

Aseem is a Vice President at Microsoft building the next generation computing business.

Most recently he was a Partner at Madrona Venture Group investing in Enterprise companies. Aseem scales businesses and is a seasoned operator. Prior to Madrona, Aseem spent over 17 years at Microsoft, working in a wide variety of roles from a developer writing deep installer level code to building and creating business models for Office 365. Aseem also has global sales experience, led growth for SaaS and hardware businesses, and was most recently the GM/COO for Microsoft Cloud where he grew the business from its early days to over $20B ARR.

Aseem brings deep experience creating cutting edge services and platforms and bringing them to market. His background in Cloud, AI/ML, SaaS, Commerce & Payments, Devices & OS means he is interested in a broad set of startup businesses.

Aseem holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington. He was also a Research fellow at the Applied Physics Lab before earning an MBA from the University of Washington. While at Microsoft, he also pursued his executive education from the Harvard Business School.

He is a Seattle 40 under 40 honoree and has published a thesis on e-commerce for IEEE. Aseem is also the recipient of the coveted Microsoft CMO Award for leading growth in emerging markets for both devices and SaaS and has worked to pass legislation in Washington State dealing with student aid programs.

Amongst other things, he is an avid cricketer and sports fan with a zeal for bringing breakthrough tech to life. In addition to being a founding member of an investment fund in the Pacific Northwest he is an advisor to various tech companies and incubation funds.