Igor Sakhnov
CVP Product & Engineering, Deputy CISO, Microsoft
Igor Sakhnov is listed as CVP Product & Engineering, Deputy CISO, Microsoft. Igor is scheduled to speak at Microsoft Ignite 2026 on 17 November 2026.
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About
Igor Sakhnov is the Corporate Vice President and General Manager for Azure Networking at Microsoft, where he leads the team responsible for building, deploying, and operating the software and network devices that connect Microsoft’s largest services, including the Azure public cloud and Microsoft 365. Prior to this role, Sakhnov held a leadership position in Microsoft Identity & Network Access, where he led the organization’s transformation to servicebased delivery, establishing a modern technology stack and operating patterns and scaling the services at global scale. Before joining Microsoft in 2008, Sakhnov was a Director of Engineering at Edifecs, where he was one of the founding leaders of the business data handling team. He later expanded his role to cover all engineering aspects of Edifecs in the data space and handled engineering partnerships with Oracle, Tibco, and Microsoft. Sakhnov holds a master's degree in computer science (with distinction) from Sevastopol State Techni
Upcoming
Microsoft Ignite 2026 17 November 2026 – 20 November 2026
- How Azure Networking is ready for the next generation of AI solutions Speaker · 17 November 2026
Spoke alongside
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