Somak Bhattacharyya

Somak Bhattacharyya has an extensive work experience in various roles and companies. Somak is currently working as a Principal Product Manager at Outreach since January 2022. Prior to that, they served as the Chief Executive Officer at Bit Rentals since July 2013, where they owned, operated, and managed a portfolio of properties and acted as an advisor/mentor to small businesses.

Somak also has a significant background at Microsoft. Somak held several roles at the company, including Senior Product Manager for Teams Identity and Auth from September 2020 to January 2022, Senior Product Manager for Teams Enterprise and B2B from April 2019 to September 2020, and Product Manager for Surface Hub and other Large Screen Collaborative Devices from August 2016 to April 2019. In these roles, they contributed to the development and management of various products and experiences for Windows, Teams, and large screen collaborative devices.

Prior to their time at Microsoft, Somak worked as a Product Manager for Windows Hello from February 2014 to July 2015, where they were responsible for creating and owning the Windows Hello and Windows Hello for Business experiences. Somak also served as a Product Manager for Windows Notification from December 2012 to February 2014, leading the development and shipping of push notification experiences on Windows. Additionally, they worked as a Software Development Engineer with the Bing Core Search Experiences team from August 2010 to December 2012, focusing on defining user experiences on the Bing Search Engine Results Page (SERP) and other platforms. Lastly, they started their career at Microsoft as a Software Development Engineer in the Product Activation Team from June 2007 to August 2010, where they worked on activation and validation scenarios of Microsoft products.

Somak Bhattacharyya's work experience showcases their expertise in product management, leadership, and development across different industries and sectors.

Somak Bhattacharyya completed their high school education at St. Xavier's School Haldia from 1991 to 1998. Somak then attended St. Xavier's School Durgapur from 1998 to 2001 for their secondary education. Subsequently, from 2001 to 2003, Somak studied at D.A.V Model School, Durgapur, specializing in science.

In 2003, Somak Bhattacharyya enrolled at the National Institute of Technology Durgapur, where they pursued a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering. Somak successfully completed this program in 2007.

Additionally, Somak Bhattacharyya has obtained several certifications from Microsoft. These include the ACE Secured Developer and Threat Modeler certification, the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist - .NET Framework: Application Development Foundation certification, and the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist – Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Application Development certification. However, the specific months and years in which they obtained these certifications are not provided.