S. ‘Soma’ Somasegar, 1966-2026: Microsoft and Madrona leader was a champion of developers and startups

“Soma” Somasegar at Microsoft in 2014, giving a tour of the revamped Developer Division offices near the end of his 27-year tenure at the company. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) S. “Soma” Somasegar, a fixture in the Seattle tech community who served as a key leader of Microsoft’s developer business for nearly three decades before supporting a generation of cloud and AI startups as an investor, board member and advisor, has passed away.