Summary
Aleksey Sinyagin is an engineering executive with 20+ years of experience building and scaling large, distributed software systems across Microsoft, Amazon, and Salesforce. He currently leads Speech AI and Voice Intelligence at Microsoft, owning ASR, TTS, voice biometrics and real-time intelligence for Dynamics 365 Contact Center. Previously he ran 300+ engineering orgs for Digital Engagement and orchestrated cloud migrations, CI/CD transformations, and “follow the sun” global on-call models. His background spans recommendations, analytics pipelines, and high-throughput services (Kafka, Kubernetes, Spark), combining hands-on architecture and prototyping with executive-level program delivery. He holds a Ph.D. in Computational and Applied Mathematics and an MLA in General Management from Harvard Extension, pairing deep technical rigor with product and people leadership. Notably, he has repeatedly led transitions from monoliths to microservices while maintaining 24/7 high-scale SLAs and moving teams into DevOps ownership.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Post Doc. Engineering, Post Doc. Engineering at University of Michigan
Master of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies General Management, Master of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies General Management at Harvard University
Ph.D. Computational and Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. Computational and Applied Mathematics at Ulyanovsk State University
English