Summary
Andy Oakley is a seasoned search and AI product leader with 11+ years at Microsoft, currently serving as General Manager for Bing Generative AI. He combines deep expertise in machine learning, NLP, and large language models with hands-on experience deploying ranking and grounding systems at internet scale to improve relevance and reduce misinformation. Across roles from Bing Maps to core web search, he has built evaluation frameworks, metrics, and large-scale experimentation platforms that translate complex telemetry into product improvements. Known for organizing cross-functional teams and shipping measurable quality gains, he also brings a pragmatist’s eye for instrumentation and annotation processes that make conversational and generative search reliable in production.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BA Computer Science, BA Computer Science at University of Cambridge