Alex Z

About Alex Z

I am a Senior Manager of Product Management with over 15 years of experience, including 5 years in people management, specializing in AI/ML. My expertise lies in defining and implementing machine learning solutions, with five patent applications filed in the LLM field. I hold an MBA from Duke University and bring entrepreneurial experience as a co-founder of an IoT AI startup. I am excited about AI and its impact on the world. My goal is to make AI/ML solutions available for every developer and consumer.#AI #MachineLearning #AzureML #Pytorch #TensorFlow

Experience

1. Principal Product Manager - Core Ai

   Microsoft

   Jan 2025 — Present

   If you use OpenAI models through Microsoft suite products and Microsoft Azure, you experience AI capabilities designed and delivered by my team. • Managed the optimization of Azure OpenAI model performance and end-to-end AI solutions, reducing inference costs, increasing scalability, and unlocking high-impact customer scenarios for millions of Microsoft users. • Led cross-functional initiatives to bring Azure OpenAI models to new hardware, delivering faster and more cost-efficient inference at scale and improving enterprise AI experiences. • Drove platform enhancements that enabled AI Agents and multi-agent workflows, accelerating enterprise adoption of advanced AI capabilities.

Education

• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Physics

• Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

  2017 — 2019