

Luis Cabanillas
Senior Technical Program Manager
About Me
Senior Technical Program Manager with over 10 years of experience in software engineering and infrastructure program management. Proven track record of leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives in cloud infrastructure, developer tooling, and CI/CD systems. Currently driving Release Infrastructure and Feature Flag Automation for Microsoft Teams, with a focus on scalable delivery, technical debt reduction, and cross-cloud parity. Known for strategic thinking, system-level ownership, and stakeholder alignment at all levels.
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Senior Technical Program Manager in the Microsoft Teams organization, responsible for driving release infrastructure and feature rollout systems across Desktop and Web clients supporting thousands of engineers. I lead cross-functional efforts to modernize deployment pipelines, automate feature flag management, and reduce technical debt at scale. My work enables consistent and secure releases across both commercial and government cloud environments. I also support initiatives to strengthen release quality gates, mentor other TPMs, and contribute to org-wide efforts in security, compliance, and inclusion.
Led product roadmap definition, strategy and successful execution.Collaborated with engineering teams, UX, and product management to gather requirements, identify challenges, and design enterprise technical solutions for customer-facing initiatives in the lodging business for Expedia Group’s brands.
Owned technical product delivery in multiple end-to-end projects with cross-functional teams, while communicating timely and effectively with business and engineering stakeholders. Leveraged data to validate product roadmap and operational outcomes and inform decision making to continue adding value to customers.
Collaborated with engineering teams, product managers, and design teams in multi-vendor set-ups to lead roadmap definition and execution with a strong agile focus. Led multi-disciplinary teams to successful end-to-end product delivery in enterprise programs for large clients such as T-Mobile, Cisco and Best Buy. Led data-driven decision making based on customer’s behavior and feedback.
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Medium
The Agile Manifesto is great, but we need to move on
How is it possible that we keep saying the Agile Manifesto, an almost 20 years old document in the most dynamic industry in the world, is still valid as it was written back then?
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Aiyana
CEO / Web Design Company
Walter displays exemplary professionalism and is able to take on challenges. He learns quickly and is an asset to any team.

Alexander
Front-end Developer / Web Design Company
Walter is a great co-worker and problem solver. He is quick to extend his helping hand and makes a good team player.