Poonam Thawani
Principal Group Engineering Manager, Microsoft
Poonam Thawani is listed as Principal Group Engineering Manager, Microsoft. Poonam is scheduled to speak at Microsoft Ignite 2026 on 18 November 2026.
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About
Poonam Thawani is a Group Principal Engineering leader at Microsoft, driving engineering and innovation for Dynamics 365 Activate, Microsoft’s next-generation solution for accelerating migrations to Dynamics 365. With extensive experience building and launching enterprise-scale cloud and AI solutions, Poonam has led engineering teams across Dynamics 365, Azure, AI-powered customer experiences, and large-scale data and application modernization. In her current role, she is leading the engineering effort behind Dynamics 365 Activate, helping customers and partners accelerate the migration from platforms such as Salesforce to Dynamics 365 through automated discovery, intelligent mapping, and streamlined data and metadata migration. Poonam brings deep expertise in translating complex enterprise environments into practical migration strategies, with a focus on automation, AI, scalability, data residency, and reducing the effort and time required for large-scale migrations. She is passionate
Upcoming
Microsoft Ignite 2026 17 November 2026 – 20 November 2026
- Accelerate Salesforce Migration with Dynamics 365 Activate Speaker · 18 November 2026
- Accelerate Salesforce Migration with Dynamics 365 Activate Speaker · 18 November 2026
- Accelerate Salesforce Migration with Dynamics 365 Activate Speaker · 19 November 2026
- Accelerate Salesforce Migration with Dynamics 365 Activate Speaker · 19 November 2026
- Leave legacy CRM & ERP behind: Modernize with Dynamics 365 Activate Speaker · 19 November 2026
Spoke alongside
People who have shared a session with Poonam at events on B2DB.
- Renato Leite Principal Product Manager | Business Acceleration Solutions | Agentic-Solution Developer · Microsoft 4 shared sessions
- Gokul Ramesh General Manager Dynamics 365 · Microsoft 1 shared session
- Marty Priest Chairman and CEO · congruentX 1 shared session
- Swamy Narayana VP - Dynamics 365 Customer Experience Program (CXP) · Microsoft 1 shared session
Others from Microsoft
- Christian Sarafidis Chief Executive EMEA Financial Services 13 sessions
- Tyler Pichach Global Head of AI Strategy and GTM for Payments and Banking 12 sessions
- Justin Garrett Principal Program Manager Lead, DevRel, Azure Experiences & Ecosystems, Cloud + AI Engineering 10 sessions
- Karuana Gatimu Director, Scale Experience Group 10 sessions
- Heather Cook Principal PM Manager, Microsoft 365 Customer Advocacy Group 9 sessions
- Nitya Narasimhan Senior Cloud Advocate (AI) 9 sessions
- Brad Smith Vice Chair and President 8 sessions
- Lee Stott Principal Cloud Advocate - Core AI 8 sessions
- Lorena Mora Senior Product Manager | Microsoft Intune & Windows 8 sessions
- Sonia Cuff Cloud Advocate Lead - Cloud Native & Linux Advocacy 8 sessions
- Bethany Jepchumba Developer Relations 7 sessions
- Paolo Pialorsi Senior Developer Advocate 7 sessions