Highlights

A pivotal year with major recognition, a return to Microsoft, and the founding of a consultancy that continues today.

Career

Metavana — Gartner Cool Vendor

Metavana was named a Gartner 2013 Cool Vendor in content and social analytics, recognizing the company’s pioneering work on Net Promoter Score SaaS APIs and sentiment analysis infrastructure.

Principal Program Manager, Microsoft (AI)

Returned to Microsoft to lead the CodaLab platform—an open-source machine learning competition platform that would host 300+ competitions and build a community of 3,000+ ML experts.

SproutVest Founded

Launched SproutVest as a product development consultancy, beginning a practice that would eventually serve clients including Google, Elevance Health, Angi, ASU, and Microsoft Research.