Marko Hotti is a Technical Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft in Redmond, focused on data platforms for modern applications, including Azure Cosmos DB and Azure DocumentDB. He began his career as an Oracle DBA at Oracle Corporation in Finland and has spent over 20 years at Microsoft working across relational and NoSQL databases.
His recent work centers on enabling developers to build AI-powered and agent-based applications, with a focus on data modeling, integrated vector and semantic search, and managing agent memory and state. Marko works closely with engineering and developer teams to shape database capabilities and ensure they are accessible and effective in real-world application architectures.
He has contributed to practical developer guidance, including a Python-based guide for building retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) applications with Azure Cosmos DB. At PyCon, he brings a data-centric perspective to AI development, helping Python developers better understand how to design scalable, intelligent applications backed by modern cloud databases.