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Imran Siddique

Chief Platform Officer at OPAQUE

Bellevue, Washington, United States

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About

Imran Siddique is Chief Platform Officer at OPAQUE Systems, where he works on infrastructure for verifiable AI agent governance. He spent 18 years at Microsoft, working on SQL Azure query paths, Azure provisioning and billing APIs, Code Search, and Azure's industrial verticals, and founded the Agent Governance Toolkit, an open-source runtime governance layer for AI agents stewarded under the Linux Foundation. His current work centers on four Apache-2.0 specifications—TRACE, Agent Manifest, Confidential MCP, and AGT—and he publishes a weekly column titled Proof, Not Promises.

Chief Platform Officer at OPAQUE

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Intel CapitalSanta Clara · $1M – $20M checks · since 2021Race CapitalPalo Alto · $250K – $2M checksStorm VenturesPalo AltoWalden CatalystSan Francisco · $550K checks

Co-founders at OPAQUE

ISIon Stoica
Ion StoicaCo-founder
RARaluca Ada Popa
Raluca Ada PopaCo-founder
RPRishabh Poddar
Rishabh PoddarCo-founder
CLChester Leung
Chester LeungCo-founder
WZWenting Zheng
Wenting ZhengCo-founder

Experience

  1. OPAQUE SystemsChief Platform Officercurrent2026 — presentBellevue, Washington, United States
  2. MicrosoftAgentic AI Architect & Engineering Leader – Azure Core2024 — 2026Greater Seattle Area
  3. MicrosoftEngineering Leader – Azure for Industries2020 — 2023United States
  4. MicrosoftEngineering Architect - Azure DevOps2015 — 2019United States
  5. MicrosoftSenior Software Engineer - Azure Platform Services2012 — 2014India
  6. MicrosoftSoftware Engineer - SQL Azure2008 — 2011India
  7. AKI CollegeVisiting Professor – Computer Science & Management2008Mumbai Metropolitan Region
  8. Indian Institute of Technology, BombayResearch Intern – Compiler Performance2007Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Skills & more

Strategic Technology Leadership1Global Cross-Functional Team Leadership4Engineering LeadershipCollaborative Leadership3Cross-functional Collaborations3Cross-Team Collaboration in Large-Scale SystemsLarge-Scale Distributed SystemsAI & Cloud Platform EngineeringIndustry Cloud Solutions ArchitecturePerformance & Reliability EngineeringCompiler Optimization & Systems PerformanceResearch & Experimentation Methodology
+12 morePerformance Profiling & BenchmarkingMachine Learning SystemsScalable System DesignAI-Assisted Developer ProductivitySearch Platform ArchitectureDeveloper Experience (DevEx) DesignHybrid Cloud IntegrationCloud Platform Engineering (Azure)Solar EnergyHigh-growthArchitectural DesignEnterprise Architecture
  • Microsoft Global Hackathon 2025 Executive Challenge Winner — Microsoft
  • Microsoft Change Agent Nonprofit Champion Badge — Microsoft
  • Microsoft Nonprofit Advisor AI for Volunteer Management — Microsoft
  • Microsoft Global Hackathon 2024 Award Winner — Microsoft
  • Human-Centered Facilitation Badge — Microsoft
  • Microsoft Global Hackathon Executive Challenge 2023 Winner — Microsoft
  • Bellevue Essentials Graduate — City of Bellevue, Washington
  • Microsoft Global Hackathon Executive Challenge 2022 Winner — Microsoft
  • Microsoft Global Hackathon 2021 Award Winner — Microsoft
  • Microsoft Global Hackathon 2021 Challenge Winner — Microsoft

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Who is Imran Siddique?
Imran Siddique is Chief Platform Officer at OPAQUE Systems, where he works on infrastructure for verifiable AI agent governance. He spent 18 years at Microsoft, working on SQL Azure query paths, Azure provisioning and billing APIs, Code Search, and Azure's industrial verticals, and founded the Agent Governance Toolkit, an open-source runtime governance layer for AI agents stewarded under the Linux Foundation. His current work centers on four Apache-2.0 specifications—TRACE, Agent Manifest, Confidential MCP, and AGT—and he publishes a weekly column titled Proof, Not Promises.
Where does Imran Siddique work?
Imran Siddique is Chief Platform Officer at OPAQUE.
Where did Imran Siddique go to school?
Imran Siddique studied at Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) (Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science); M.H. Saboo Siddik College Of Engineering (Diploma of Education, Computer Science).

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