Jarian Cottingham

Microsoft · Redmond, WA

• Served as lead for several projects; two direct reports, with close collaboration with Principal Developers and Project Managers. Worked across Windows, OneDrive, and M365 Security.
• Deployed and operated security detection & mitigation tooling across 2.5M+ machines for all Office partners.
• Implemented major government and compliance initiatives (MDAV, MISE telemetry) across all Federated/Large partners (2.5M+ machines).
• ITAR cleared for direct work in US Gov clouds.
• Head of audits for FedRAMP, SOC 2, TRUST, and BCDR.
• Owned Task Manager, Performance Monitor, and Windows Troubleshooters while on the Windows team.
• Owned the RDP experience for ~3M partner machines.
• Supported RBAC and tenant management for Office machines across multiple clouds (Public, USGov, China, Germany, France).

Remote

• Applied the IDIOT method to make the product development cycle more compatible with PM workflows — build products from design specs and project proposals leveraging local LLMs, similar to Claude Code/Aider without the technical requirements.

Remote

• Built a tool for rapidly creating and iterating over REST backends for websites (Python / Flask).
• Employed seven remote interns over the summer to build out the entire product stack.
• Presented to WashU-sponsored Startup Emporium; received high praise from local startups and founders for speed of execution and remote team collaboration.

Washington University in St. Louis · School of Engineering and Applied Sciences