Pedro Paulo
Vezza Campos
Former Microsoft Principal Software Engineer and Tech Lead on the Substrate AI Platform — the team behind M365's AI/ML capabilities.
I built decipher.ms because the best Microsoft answers shouldn't be locked inside Microsoft.
Lives in Seattle, WA
Why this
background
matters
Many Microsoft advisors learned the product matrix from the outside — reading docs, attending Ignite, going through a Microsoft Partner program.
I've spent years on the inside, building the platforms that ship as M365 features. I've sat in the architecture reviews, written the security controls that SOC 2 auditors review, and watched first-hand how Microsoft prices, packages, and positions its products.
That perspective is the product. You get a straight answer informed by what's actually being built — not what's being sold this quarter.
What I know
Career
Recent
Principal Software Engineer · Tech Lead
Microsoft — Substrate AI Platform (M365)
Tech Lead driving security and infrastructure excellence for Microsoft's Substrate AI Platform — a SOC 2 Type II compliant platform enabling secure AI/ML development with both eyes-on and eyes-off training data access across Microsoft 365.
- Spearheaded removal of overprivileged Azure RBAC role assignments across production subscriptions, establishing a least-privilege framework.
- Architected low-privilege access for the M365 internal AI/ML platform on Azure Machine Learning, enabling data scientists to work securely under SOC 2.
- Led unification of critical internal dataset environments and migration of internal Kubernetes clusters with zero downtime.
- Drove readiness for the 2023 SOC 2 audit with comprehensive controls, audit logging, and compliance monitoring.
Sep 2019 — Aug 2023
Senior Software Engineer
Microsoft — Dynamics 365 Resource Scheduling Optimization
Expanded the Resource Scheduling Optimization (RSO) product with task dependencies and interactive optimization. Architected a multi-tenant migration to reduce infra cost and accelerate feature delivery.
- Deployed RSO to Azure Government in record time to support NY State COVID-19 testing operations.
- Mentored three engineers (junior and mid-level) and acted as program manager for engineering-quality features.
Mar 2017 — Aug 2019
Software Engineer II
Microsoft — Dynamics 365 RSO
Core algorithm specialist for resource allocation. Worked directly with Microsoft Research to develop and benchmark new capabilities. Team security champion.
Award
Issued by the Dynamics 365 Business Applications Group (BAG), July 2020 — under their "What Makes BAG, BAG: We succeed when the customer succeeds" program.
"Pedro always strives to help our customers succeed, he researches new technologies, stays in touch with MS best practices and constantly shares them with the team."
Degree
Computer Science — Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo (IME-USP). Graduated with honorable mention.