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Partnering closely with PhD Researchers, Applied Scientists, Engineers and other Microsoft teams to incubate ambitious new projects, develop strategy and roadmaps aligned with partner teams, drive project execution, and amplify the work to internal and external audiences. Focus spans Machine Learning, Responsible AI, and Computational Social Science.

- Devised ISV engagement strategy to develop Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty partner ecosystem- Drove cross-company v-team to integrate Microsoft 365 sovereign capabilities into Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty- Lead user experience workstream to deliver improved compliance assessment tooling for prospective customers

- Owned the relationship with the world’s leading property owners, investors, operators, occupiers, and Microsoft’s partner ecosystem to deliver services and experiences needed to enable their business outcomes- Influenced and grew $50M+ annual Azure Consumed Revenue (ACR) and $100M+ new deal value- Facilitated thousands of buildings actively deployed totaling 100M+ square feet of real estate- Grew smart buildings ecosystem, consisting of hundreds of ISVs, OEMs, and System Integrators- Accelerated digital transformation through envisioning sessions, workshops, and go-to-market strategies- Established industry-focused product and engineering team to transform the built world through AI-based innovations that make buildings, campuses, cities, and the energy grid more sustainable, productive, healthier, and cybersecure- Partnered with Responsible AI to ensure ethicality and safety of AI-based return to work and energy efficiency scenarios- Served as subject matter expert in cross-company Microsoft Places initiative, bringing the solution from executive whitepaper through official announcement by Satya Nadella in October 2022- Published RealEstateCore ontology for Smart Buildings while fostering additional ontologies for Smart Cities and Energy

- Led Smart Buildings efforts through strategy development and execution, feature delivery, and partner enablement across construction, operations, energy management, space utilization, and occupant experience solutions- Drove end-to-end feature creation and release for Azure Digital Twins, from platform inception to public preview- Managed Azure IoT Central user experience Program Manager team- Spearheaded Microsoft’s Real Estate Exec Summit for world-leading property owners who collectively manage ~$1T in assets- Organized Microsoft’s annual presence at Realcomm|IBcon (smart building conference), managing 30+ partner booths- Catalyzed new product offering, Azure Maps Creator, to enable indoor mapping capabilities- Delivered open-source solution to accelerate Smart Building partner integration with Microsoft Graph- Created Microsoft-wide material for and presented Azure IoT’s Smart Buildings vision and developments at third-party executive briefings, industry conferences, and Microsoft field employee training

- Envisioned, spec-ed, prioritized, and drove execution for the Skype experience on the Harman Kardon Invoke and other incubation devices- Initiated Skype’s partnership with Amazon to enable Skype on Echo devices- Catalyzed support across first- and third-party teams spanning hardware, signaling, media, language understanding, speech recognition, voice agent user experience, marketing, and business development- Identified opportunity for and released the IFTTT Bot for Skype, which accrued 10M+ sent messages in its first year- Participated in 2016-2017 Lab One leadership program for high-potential employees

- Established vision and timelines to evolve Office Mobile hackathon effort into a fully funded project to bring innovative natural language search and commanding scenarios to Office- Served as project lead for mobile incubation efforts by instituting Agile sprint practices, devising a backlog and timeline, and designing and specing features- Planned and participated in demos to Satya Nadella, Bill Gates, and Microsoft’s Senior Leadership Team

- Facilitated feature planning, specing, design, development, and release for Excel for Windows Phone while aligning Office organization stakeholders- Participated in design sprints, focus groups, and site visits across Seattle and New York City- Drove a virtual team across Office and Windows to land functional requirements for clipboard scenarios- Served as world readiness lead, coordinating with partner teams spanning five countries

- Delivered designs and specs for Office on Windows Phone, iPhone, and Android- Conducted usability studies to garner customer insights from proposed interaction flows- Landed feature plans in collaboration with partner teams in Redmond and Hyderabad, India

- Built framework to analyze user logs in real time to determine site breakages

- Contacted dental offices throughout New York and New Jersey in order to reconcile Healthplex databases.- Used Access, Oracle, and Cactus for data entry and reconciliation.

- Recruited organizations, clubs, and individuals interested in investing for 5Categories.com, an investing website.

- Served as a residential advisor and teaching assistant for a high school summer program modeled after the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology.