Omar Aftab

About Omar Aftab

VP at Microsoft with more than 20 years of experience in AI, conversational technologies, virtual assistants, natural language understanding, speech and AI enterprise applications. Proven record as a senior executive driving innovation and AI productization at Microsoft Proven record of building and growing highly profitable, successful businesses and carrying PNL Extensive experience in building up successful, highly performing organizations, running large multi-disciplinary groups across the globe, and maintaining some of the highest team health and management excellence KPIs Proven track record of leading greenfield projects (e.g. Copilot Studio, Cortana, Power Virtual Agents), building new product groups, and taking innovative AI concepts from vision to design to market and revenue success

Experience

1. Vice President - Microsoft Copilot Studio

   Microsoft

   Aug 2022 — Present

   Vice President for Microsoft\'s conversational AI portfolio - Power Virtual Agents, Azure Bot Framework and Azure Bot Service, Nuance Mix. Leader and founder of Microsoft Copilot Studio, the transformative product that now powers the generative AI transformation of the entire company\'s Copilot stack.Founded the transformative Copilot Studio product and business and grew the product from initial concept to where it is today: powering the very heart of Microsoft\'s entire Copilot / Generative AI strategy and enabling agentic AI for every Microsoft application. Built up the Copilot Studio org from a small startup team to an organization that now spans multiple divisions and executives across the company.

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Master's degree, Computer Science

  2000 — 2002

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

  1996 — 2000

• Aitchison College

  High School

  1993 — 1996

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Bachelor's degree, Economics

  1996 — 2000

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering

  1996 — 2000

Skills

• Software Development
• Scrum
• Distributed Team Management
• Artificial Intelligence
• Management of International Teams
• Strategic Vision
• Software Project Management
• Online Services
• Manager of Managers
• Enterprise Software
• Management Consulting
• Software Design
• Technical Leadership
• Windows Mobile
• Start-Up Consulting
• Distributed Systems
• Managing Start-Ups
• Program Management
• Cortana
• Mobile Technology
• Cloud Computing
• Intelligent Agents
• Agile Project Management
• Systems Design
• Product Management
• Speech Technology
• Natural Language Processing
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Windows Phone
• Product Design
• Release Management
• Entrepreneurship
• Academic Achievement
• Executive Leadership
• Team Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Microsoft Exchange
• Product Development
• Virtual Teams
• Virtual Agents