# Sean Pirzadeh

> Sr. engineering professional experienced in program management, systems engineering, FW/SW development, custom silicon, cloud infrastructure

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/seanpirzadeh

## Work Experience
### Principal Silicon Program Manager, Azure Hardware Systems & Infrastructure @ Microsoft
Jan 2019 – Jan 2025 | North America
Responsible for multiple Azure and Xbox custom/semi-custom SoC programs, including the very first custom silicon successfully deployed in the Azure fleet. Left Microsoft to focus on a few personal goals.

### Sr. Director, Head of PMO (Storage SoC & FW) @ Marvell Semiconductor
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Santa Clara, CA

### Sr. Director, Systems Engineering @ Marvell Semiconductor
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Santa Clara, CA

### Principal SoC Engineering Program Mgr @ Marvell Semiconductor
Jan 2002 – Jan 2015 | Santa Clara, CA

### Technology Planning Mgr @ Microsoft
Jan 2001 – Jan 2002 | Mountain View, CA

### Advanced Development Program Manager @ Microsoft
Jan 2000 – Jan 2001 | Mountain View, CA

### Design Eng Mgr @ Quantum Corporation
Jan 1998 – Jan 2000 | Milpitas, CA

### Servo FW Engineer @ Maxtor Corporation
Jan 1997 – Jan 1998

### Design Engineer @ Quantum Corporation
Jan 1991 – Jan 1997

### Speech Recognition R&D Engineer @ Speech Systems Inc.
Jan 1986 – Jan 1991


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Computer Science
The University of Texas at Austin

### Graduate Coursework in AI in Master's Program, Computer Engineering
University of Southern California


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sean-pirzadeh-1a3a4b6

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Last updated: 2026-04-13