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Microsoft Teams Founder Leads Amazon's Quick Suite
Bellevue experience shapes new leader of Amazon's AI-powered digital workspace platform
Feb. 5, 2026 at 2:55am
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Jigar Thakkar, a longtime Microsoft veteran and former MSCI CTO, has been tapped to lead Amazon's Quick Suite, the company's AI-powered digital workspace platform for business users. Thakkar previously oversaw hundreds of Microsoft Teams developers in Bellevue, one of Amazon's key engineering hubs, giving him valuable experience to draw from in his new role.
Why it matters
Thakkar's Bellevue background and experience managing a major collaboration platform like Microsoft Teams will be crucial as he works to build out and scale Amazon's competing Quick Suite product. The success of Quick Suite could have significant implications for Amazon's broader enterprise software ambitions as it seeks to challenge Microsoft's dominance in the productivity and collaboration space.
The details
In his new role, Thakkar will be tasked with building out AWS's AI-powered digital workspace platform for business users worldwide. His previous experience overseeing the development of Microsoft Teams in Bellevue, one of Amazon's key engineering hubs, is seen as a valuable asset that will help shape the direction of Quick Suite as it aims to compete with established players like Microsoft 365.
- Jigar Thakkar was recently named the new leader of Amazon's Quick Suite.
The players
Jigar Thakkar
A longtime Microsoft veteran and former MSCI CTO who has been tapped to lead Amazon's Quick Suite, the company's AI-powered digital workspace platform for business users.
Amazon
The e-commerce giant that is developing the Quick Suite platform to compete in the enterprise productivity and collaboration software market.
Microsoft
The tech giant that currently dominates the productivity and collaboration software space with its Microsoft 365 suite of tools, which Quick Suite aims to challenge.
The takeaway
Thakkar's experience leading the development of Microsoft Teams in Bellevue, a major tech hub, positions him well to guide Amazon's efforts to build a competitive enterprise collaboration platform that can challenge Microsoft's dominance in the productivity software market.