{"id":1175,"date":"2026-05-15T18:04:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/mcr\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=1175"},"modified":"2026-05-15T18:13:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:13:54","slug":"manish-kumar","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/mcr\/speakers\/manish-kumar\/","title":{"rendered":"Manish Kumar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Manish Kumar is a seasoned Senior Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft with over 27 years of experience in the IT industry, specializing in modern data platforms, cloud-native solutions, Data Governance, and AI. He is recognized for architecting end-to-end data solutions leveraging Azure services such as Azure SQL, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics, Microsoft Purview, and a wide range of PaaS and hybrid technologies. 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