Allan Carranza Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

Redmond, Washington, United States

• Chartering the strategic vision for the development and deployment of Azure OpenAI multimodality products, ensuring alignment with customer needs while prioritizing scalability and innovation.
• Establishing Azure OpenAI's private preview program with external customers. Focus on accelerating technical development of new models and incorporating customer feedback prior to new model launches.
• Spearheaded GPU fleet management for Azure AI Models-as-a-Service, ensuring accurate forecasting and resource allocation by collaborating with finance, business planning, software development, and external AI model.

Redmond, Washington

• In my current role, I am focused on leading product innovation inclusive of hardware, software, and user experiences.Experiences include:
• Led 0 -> 1 product development of new product category. Team growth from 5 to 1,000+. Partnered with hardware, software, user experiences, marketing, and global sales teams to define product vision and architecture.
• Leading cross functional, concept-to-market development of unannounced Xbox devices; inclusive of hardware, software, and services. Requires cross-team collaboration with internal teams (hardware and software.
• Defined product strategy for future media experiences on the Xbox platform through in-depth discovery sessions with internal subject matter experts and top global media partners.
• Collaborated with cross functional partners to define multi-year Xbox devices product portfolio strategy by leveraging customer insights and market research to determine product priorities.
• Established key metrics for new product introduction success by evaluating different business models and analyzing competitive products.

Redmond, Washington, United States

• Led cross functional, architecture-to-market development of the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 and Xbox Series X|S Wireless Controller. Responsible for defining and managing the projects hardware and firmware.
• Utilized Xbox controller customers' feedback to integrate hardware and firmware design changes and reduce product failure rates, which improved customer satisfaction.
• Emergency six-month backfill lead for Xbox Special and Limited Edition product ecosystem during unexpected loss of headcount. Maintained stability of ecosystem that contributes over $20M annual profits.
• Three-month loan to Xbox Wireless Headset team to solidify development activities and coordinate first prototype build. Leveraged multi-year experiences of building Xbox devices to deliver immediate impact and.
• Promoted the launch of the Elite Series 2 controller by performing media interviews and responding to customer Q&A.

Redmond, WA

• Developed prototype mechanical component 3D designs for device development and production.
• Led development activities with international manufacturing and assembly partners across multiple generations of Xbox consoles to ensure on-time delivery of products to market. Successfully assembled first ever factory.
• Collaborated with international mechanical suppliers to develop injection molding and metal forming tools for support of high-volume consumer electronics.
• Managed and performed mechanical stress, environmental stress, and durability testing of Xbox console development projects.

Austin, Texas Area

Austin, Texas Area

During my time as a contracted tutor, I was tasked with tutoring a wide range of students (7th Grade - College Sophomore) in at least one of the following subjects: Algebra, Algebra II, Physics (Regular/Pre-AP/AP), Pre-Calculus, Calculus, and Thermodynamics.-Holding the responsibility of maintaining contact with parents and scheduling meetings to tutor.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Strategic Innovation And Entrepreneurship

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity, Intramural Council, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Hispanic.

Business Foundations Certificate, Business