As the Director of the AI Innovation Center, I drive its strategic and operational efforts, focusing on leveraging AI technologies to address real-world problems. I lead multidisciplinary teams towards developing innovative AI applications, aligning with both industry trends and organizational goals. My role involves fostering partnerships with industry, academia, and research entities to boost AI innovation and adoption, while also ensuring the application of best practices in project management and product development for optimal team performance and outcomes. Leveraging my background in engineering, project management, and strategic business development, I aim to propel Beyondsoft to new heights in the AI domain.

As a pivotal leader at Beyondsoft, I led a team dedicated to delivering premier consulting services in Data & AI, Cloud, and Engineering to our enterprise clients. My role was pivotal in nurturing innovation, upholding engineering excellence, and crafting global delivery strategies to accommodate the varied needs of our clientele.To enhance operational efficiency, I initiated and oversaw the development of an approach for packaging data and analytical solutions, streamlining sales readiness, refining delivery processes, launching partner programs, and formulating go-to-market strategies. I established a consistent review process for evaluating new solutions, ensuring our team remained at the forefront of industry innovations.Additionally, I managed the recruitment and staffing processes for key accounts, including Microsoft, aiming to continuously improve business management and reporting practices to heighten efficiency and precision across all operations.

I led and contributed to a variety of marketing projects aimed at boosting Windows brand awareness in targeted consumer segments for the Windows Business Group. My responsibilities spanned from enhancing and introducing new features to the program's web presence, to orchestrating demand generation activities. I also played a key role in promoting the program through impactful presentations and devised strategies to engage partners in distributing marketing collateral, ensuring a cohesive and effective approach to market penetration and brand positioning.

Managed and drove multiple projects within the Microsoft Learning group tools team exploring the creation of new form factors for instructors, delivering platform changes to deploy online content to new channels, and drivinng the courseware library program's process and web presence.

As a Program Manager in Microsoft's Engineering Excellence group, I significantly contributed to standardizing SDLC practices across the company with the deployment of the Engineering Excellence Handbook. My work included driving the development features of an XML-based content authoring system with core functionalities for documenting SDLC processes, leveraging InfoPath, SQL Server, and SharePoint technologies. My responsibilities encompassed driving requirements discussions, overseeing design and implementation, and managing stakeholder communications. This role required close collaboration and strategic planning to ensure the timely and effective delivery of project milestones.

Within the Microsoft Training and Education Group, I led a web development team focused on supporting a web registration site, an internal webzine publication, and developing an internal training registration solution.

Managed the launch of Fighter Ace 1.5, a trailblazing combat flight simulator game for up to 100 simultaneous players, showcasing a significant milestone in massively multiplayer online gaming. Coordinated seamlessly between external development vendors and internal testing teams, aligning development efforts with a strategic marketing campaign to meet crucial release timelines.

As a Web Developer for the msn.com website, I played a key role in coding the homepage for the initial "Hartford" release. Post-launch, I served as the primary developer, responsible for ongoing engineering modifications and collaborating closely with editorial, operations, and test teams to implement updates efficiently.