Mike Emonts

Experience

1. Principal Product Manager

   Microsoft

   Jul 2013 — Present · Bellevue, WA, US

   Azure AI Studio Agent Service (2024-Present)* Launched Azure AI Studio Agent Service (Public Preview & GA)Azure AI Studio Copilot (20••••24)* Led development of new GenAI-powered copilot experience in Azure AI Studio.1P Capacity Management (2023)* Managed Azure OpenAI capacity to support all 1P teams and their critical AI needs.Azure Cognitive Services (20••••22)* Led all-up engagement between Cognitive Services and major 1P partners: BAP, Office, Windows, Teams, Xbox, MSAI (Cortana). Worked with CTOs, TFs, and product execs to establish AI strategies. Led regular checkpoints with execs to align on strategy and priorities.* Scope covered all AI capabilities: Speech Recognition, Machine Translation, Form Recognition, Computer Vision, OCR, Anomaly Detection, Sentiment Analysis.GPT-3 Solutions (20••••22)* Integrated GPT-3 technology into Dynamics 365, PowerApps, PowerBI, and Power Automate. As domain expert, I managed highly-technical AI aspects of these projects: GPT-3 modeling, capacity needs, UX design.Intelligent Meetings (20••••19)* Developed innovative technologies for a meeting room device (audio + computer vision) that captures what’s being said and who’s saying it, while promoting diversity and inclusion.* Identified and prioritized areas of research, drove complex biometric data collections* Navigated delicate legal, privacy, and ethical constraints related to biometrics.Speech Recognition (20••••17)* Led Cortana speech recognition during language expansion phase (team of 40 scientists, 5 PMs).* Delivered acoustic/language/KWS models across many languages to launch Cortana in 14 new markets.* Managed overall schedule, tracked and reported 435 deliverables.Acoustic Modeling (20••••15)* Led Acoustic Modeling team, delivered models to support launches of Xbox One and Cortana (Windows Phone). Line Manager for 62 acoustic modeling engineers/scientists.* Designed and executed numerous large-scale data collections.

Education

• Brigham Young University

  MA

• Brigham Young University

  MA

• Brigham Young University

  BS

Skills

• Teaching
• Strategy
• Proposal Writing
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Sales
• International Relations
• Leadership
• Applied Linguistics
• Software Development
• Speech Recognition
• Account Management
• Serious Games
• Training
• Strategic Planning
• Video Games
• Project Management
• Product Management
• Artificial Intelligence
• Business Development
• Program Management
• Mobile Devices
• Natural Language Processing