Microsoft’s Tara Prakriya is helping automakers deliver a mobile datacenter to your driveway
The connected car revolution isn’t coming — it’s here. Going to a meeting, and have a conference call on the way? Your ride’s digital assistant will help you plan a route blessedly free of tunnels and drops in connectivity that could interfere. And while you drive, the car will help you stay in your lane.
Leading this effort on the engineering front at Microsoft is Tara Prakriya, general manager for Azure IoT Mobility and Connected Vehicles. This team of dozens is working with the two largest industry players, Volkswagen Group and Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, to create cars featuring unprecedented levels of interactivity.
“What our customers look for in the partnership from Microsoft is not just a technology vendor, but a strategic partnership to help the full digital transformation, cultural transformation and market transformation that need to work in lock step,” says Prakriya. “It’s a tall order, which is why we work with our customers to figure out what this is going to look like.”