Pawan Khandavilli

Garner, North Carolina (USA)
Email: mailto:pawan@pawankhandavilli.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khpawan/

Summary

Senior Product Manager at Microsoft focused on confidential computing and security. I build products that help organizations deploy sensitive workloads with stronger isolation, verifiable trust boundaries, and privacy-by-design.

Core strengths

  • Confidential computing (TEEs), secure cloud architecture, threat modeling
  • Product strategy: roadmap, customer discovery, competitive positioning
  • Cross-functional execution: engineering/design/GTMs, stakeholder alignment
  • Payments and security systems (EMV, HCE, mobile wallets), cryptography primitives

Professional experience

Microsoft — Senior Product Manager

June 2022 – Present

  • Lead product management for Confidential Containers on Azure Container Instances (ACI), advancing confidential computing for secure, isolated container workloads.
  • Define the roadmap, synthesize customer insights, and partner with engineering + design to deliver features that improve security and performance.
  • Align cross-functional teams on go-to-market priorities to drive product adoption.
  • Advocate for privacy and security standards to reinforce customer trust and compliance.

Fortanix — Senior Product Manager, Confidential Computing

July 2021 – June 2022

  • Owned product requirements, pricing, and competitive positioning for confidential computing products.
  • Converted customer feedback, research, and usage data into actionable product strategy.
  • Partnered with sales, marketing, and support to improve customer outcomes and adoption.

Royal Bank of Canada — Director, Innovation Security & Technical Program Lead

March 2016 – July 2021

  • Directed development of Virtual Clean Room (VCR), a secure multi-party computation platform leveraging Intel SGX and confidential computing.
  • Designed APIs for cryptographic services, key management, and token signing to enable secure integrations.
  • Delivered security architecture for the RBC Wallet and integrated multi-factor authentication for secure payments.
  • Built research partnerships with universities to explore emerging security trends.

Royal Bank of Canada — Senior Manager, Payment & Security Specialist

July 2014 – March 2016

  • Launched North America’s first HCE-based mobile wallet, enabling secure contactless payments.
  • Designed Android and iOS libraries for secure storage solutions.
  • Integrated behavioral biometrics and implemented SMS-based MFA.

Bell Identification BV (now Visa) — Software Developer

August 2012 – June 2014

  • Developed EMV payment solutions using hosted card emulation technologies.
  • Built mobile applications (Android, BlackBerry) to support secure transaction experiences.

Education

  • Dalhousie University (Halifax) — Master’s in Computer Science (2009 – 2012)
  • Andhra University (Visakhapatnam) — Bachelor’s in Information Technology (2005 – 2009)

Publications & patents

  • Publications: research papers on RFID systems, role-based access control, and encryption.
  • Patents (granted, selected):
    • US12530683B2 (Jan 2026) — System and method for electronic credential tokenization
    • US12333026B2 (Jun 2025) — System and method for secure electronic transaction platform
    • US12236417B2 (Feb 2025) — System and method for location-based token transaction processing
    • US12210636B2 (Jan 2025) — System and method for multiparty secure computing platform
    • US12192204B2 (Jan 2025) — System and method for storing and distributing consumer information
    • US11934540B2 (Mar 2024) — System and method for multiparty secure computing platform
    • US11868486B2 (Jan 2024) — System and method for secure electronic transaction platform
    • US11700257B2 (Jul 2023) — System and method for storing and distributing consumer information
    • US11354651B2 (Jun 2022) — System and method for location-based token transaction processing
    • US11277412B2 (Mar 2022) — System and method for storing and distributing consumer information

Skills

  • Confidential computing (Intel SGX, Azure Confidential Computing, TEEs)
  • Product management (roadmaps, discovery, prioritization)
  • Security architecture and cryptography
  • Cloud platforms and trusted execution environments
  • Cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management