# Tanner Uzzell

**Product Manager** — Redmond, WA, United States

> Product manager at Microsoft building AI-native enterprise security software. Grew a new data investigation product from 0 to 1,300 customers in five months by owning the AI pipeline, partner integrations, and customer acquisition.

Career Archetype: **All-Terrain Summiteer** (HB-DX) — One of the first All-Terrain Summiteers on Saywise

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tanneru

## Experience

### Product Manager, Microsoft (2024-08 – present)
Redmond, WA · Joined Data Security Investigations at inception as one of three PMs. Became the sole customer acquisition PM and grew the product from 0 to 1,300 customers in five months post-release. Led across AI infrastructure, partner integrations, customer engagement, and compliance reviews. Decreased prompt-injection defect rate from 66% to 1.8%, built integrations with six Microsoft Security products, and partnered on launch enablement with 200+ field sellers.

### Product Management Intern, Microsoft (2023-05 – 2023-08)
Redmond, WA · Interned on the security and compliance team. Spec'd a data privacy feature for Microsoft Purview and collaborated with engineering to ship a complete proof of concept within 12 weeks.

### Undergraduate Intern, Howard University PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship (2022-09 – 2022-12)
District of Columbia, United States · First undergraduate intern at Howard University's PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship. • Supported event planning for "Mecca Main Street," a campus showcase of student businesses. • Designed print and digital marketing materials for Center events. • Researched entrepreneurship trends across HBCUs.

### Founding Member | Project Lead, Howard University DAO Labs (2022-01 – 2024-05)
Washington, D.C. · Led a student DAO as President. Secured a $50,000 grant from Flow Blockchain, organized and executed a hackathon in partnership with the Black Blockchain Summit.

### Software Engineering Intern (STEP), Google (2021-05 – 2022-08)
Mountain View, California, United States (Virtual) · Participated in Google's STEP internship program across two summers. First rotation: built a pipeline using Java and C++ to convert internal map data to ArcGIS readable files on the Geo Data Connections team. Second rotation: used C++ and SQL to create a validation system for GCP data on the Retail Core Infrastructure team.

### Google Computer Science Summer Institute (CSSI), Google (2020-07 – 2020-08)
Atlanta, Georgia, United States · Acquired coding with JavaScript skills, worked in small groups and on individual projects. Learned about career options in computer science through forums and meeting with employees.

## Education

### Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems, Howard University (2020-09 – 2024-06)
Computer science minor, Magna Cum Laude

### High School Diploma, The Westminster Schools (2016-09 – 2020-05)
Activities and societies: Model United Nations, Kenya student exchange, WCAT Sports Broadcasting, Odyssey Community Service-Teaching assistant and mentor to elementary student.

## Skills

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Compliance Management, User Experience (UX), Information Security, Software Product Management, Analytical Skills, Market Research, Priority Management, Figma (Software), Event Planning, Sponsorship Management, Parallel Processing, SQL, Software Design, Java, JavaScript, C++, Film Production, Leadership, KQL, Azure Data Explorer, LLM evaluation and red teaming, funnel analysis, consumption billing, GCP, AI infrastructure, responsible AI, data privacy

## Credentials

- **Eagle Scout Award** — Issued by Boy Scout Troop 232 (issued 2018-09)
- **Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner** — Amazon (issued 2022-04)

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