Pablo Castro

About Pablo Castro

I\'m an executive and hands-on engineer with a track record of identifying industry opportunities and designing, building and delivering products to tackle them, both in startup and large corporation environments.I currently lead the AI Knowledge team at Microsoft, part of the CoreAI division, where we focus on building a state-of-the-art information understanding and retrieval system for generative AI applications and agents. My interests are in information retrieval, machine learning, cloud-scale distributed systems, and database systems.

Experience

1. Corporate Vice President & Distinguished Engineer

   Microsoft

   Aug 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   I currently run the Azure AI Search team, including engineering, applied science, and product management. Working on building the best knowledge retrieval system for generative AI applications, from comprehensive vector database capabilities to state-of-the-art reranking and integration with large language models.

Education

• Universidad Centro de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Exactas (Universidad CAECE)

  Computer Science

Skills

• Ado.net Data Services
• Wcf Data Services
• Odata
• Rest
• Linq
• Wcf Services
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Entity Framework
• Databases
• Ado.net
• Communication Protocols
• Sql
• Cloud Computing
• Distributed Systems
• Agile Methodologies
• .net
• Software Engineering
• Windows Azure
• Xml
• C#
• Web Services
• Architecture
• Soa
• Uml
• Scalability
• Software Design
• Soap
• Integration
• T-Sql
• Enterprise Architecture
• Software Development
• Object Oriented Design
• Html 5