Bio

Technical Product Manager with 20 years of experience in the software industry. Experience defining product and technical strategy, leading teams through execution, and launching or scaling core products and services. Expertise in database, distributed systems, and machine learning. Technical Advisor to Kevin Scott, CTO of Microsoft. Coordinating cross-company AI strategy at the intersection of research, engineering, and products. We, together with OpenAI, are training the best and largest AI models in the world through world-class infrastructure and state-of-the art systems software. We productize these models into our products, and make them available through the Azure cloud, to enable a myriad of disruptive capabilities. Previously, I worked on the launch of Azure database services and led the high availability area of SQL Server. Each of these are $1B+ dollar businesses today. I hold a PhD in Computer Science (a mix of Database and Distributed Systems) from the University of Cambridge.