# Steven Wilssens

Seattle, Washington

Principal product leader for data and AI.

Most recently I led Windows & Devices Data product management at Microsoft: the data, experimentation and ML products behind decisions across a billion+ Windows devices. Now building in AI while choosing my next leadership role.

[View experience](https://steven.wilssens.com/experience) · [Download resume](https://steven.wilssens.com/steven-wilssens-resume-2026.pdf) · [steven@wilssens.com](mailto:steven@wilssens.com) · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-wilssens-59495889/)

Open to: product leadership roles in data, experimentation and ai · Principal · Group PM · led 10 to 20 product managers · Seattle, Washington · US permanent resident (green card)

## About

Product, portfolio, and people leadership grounded in customer insight, rigorous execution, and technical judgment.

[Read the story](https://steven.wilssens.com/about)

## Experience

From Belgian software development to Windows data, spatial audio, Azure DevOps, and team leadership.

[See the timeline](https://steven.wilssens.com/experience)

## Proof of work

Selected work from the data and AI years, recommendations, patents, press coverage, and projects from the work I have helped bring into the world.

[Selected work](https://steven.wilssens.com/work) · [Recommendations](https://steven.wilssens.com/recommendations) · [Patents](https://steven.wilssens.com/patents) · [In the News](https://steven.wilssens.com/news) · [Projects](https://steven.wilssens.com/projects)

Featured write-up

Built in 16 days with Claude Code

## Building wilssens.com

A family platform for email and websites, built the way I’d want a platform team to build it: rules enforced by the database, experiments shipped dark and measured, and AI restricted by architecture rather than by prompt.

[Read the write-up](https://steven.wilssens.com/building-wilssens)

What colleagues say

> “Steven is one of the people you want in the room when the answer isn’t obvious.”

**Ryan Parsell** Principal Software Engineering Manager

> “He leads by building rather than just delegating.”

**Amit Gupte** Senior Technical Program Manager - Data & AI Platform at Microsoft

> “I’d work with him again anytime, anywhere, on anything.”

**Tom Mereckis** Data and AI Leader

[Read all 8 recommendations](https://steven.wilssens.com/recommendations)

What I do well

## Leadership that turns ambiguity into momentum.

### Data and experimentation products

Led the PM team behind the data, insights, experimentation and ML products that Windows engineers and PMs use to decide what ships, built on telemetry from more than a billion devices.

### PM teams that grow

I led teams of 10 to 20 product managers as they grew and were reshaped. Several of the recommendations here come from people who reported to me for years, and they describe the opportunities, visibility and coaching that moved their careers forward.

### Leading by building

When a retiring OKR tool left a gap, a member of my team and I stood up a replacement from scratch with AI tools. I built [wilssens.com](https://steven.wilssens.com/building-wilssens) the same way, to stay sharp on what my teams ship, not to replace them.

**250%+** growth in monthly active spatial-audio devices

**1B+** Windows devices informing product decisions

**15%** increase in Windows adoption

**30%** reduction in customer issues

Start a conversation

## Hiring a product leader for data, experimentation or AI?

Available now, based in Seattle, Washington, a US permanent resident. Email me, or start with the resume.

[Email Steven](mailto:steven@wilssens.com) · [Download resume](https://steven.wilssens.com/steven-wilssens-resume-2026.pdf) · [Connect on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-wilssens-59495889/)

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Steven Wilssens · 2026 · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-wilssens-59495889/) · [Resume](https://steven.wilssens.com/steven-wilssens-resume-2026.pdf) · [Privacy](https://steven.wilssens.com/privacy) · steven@wilssens.com