Charles Rice
Strategic Principal AI Solutions Engineer
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCharles Rice is a Strategic Principal AI Solutions Engineer based in Austin with a decade of focused experience in AI, data, and cloud solutions within Microsoft and a broader two-decade technology background across product, IT leadership, and full-stack development. He has progressed through roles from Senior Cloud Solution Architect to national and strategic principal positions, architecting enterprise AI initiatives and advising higher-education and commercial customers. Comfortable operating with high autonomy, he blends hands-on technical depth in cloud-native architectures with strategic customer advocacy and leadership development experience. A dual U.S./EU work-authorized professional, he pairs business training from McCombs with early computer science foundations to bridge technical and organizational perspectives. Notably, his career includes long-tenured leadership at Keurig Dr Pepper and active governance at The University of Texas, signaling strength in large-scale transformation and stakeholder engagement. Colleagues value him for delivering pragmatic, scalable AI solutions under pressure while continuously learning across disciplines.
9 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) with Honors Management Information Systems, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) with Honors Management Information Systems at Texas McCombs School of BusinessBachelor of Business Administration (BBA) with Honors Management Information Systems, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) with Honors Management Information Systems at The University of Texas at AustinComputer Science, Computer Science at Northern Michigan UniversityManagement Information Systems and Services, Management Information Systems and Services at Austin Community College
English, Spanish
Github Skills (13)
cognitive-services9
azure8
microsoft-azure8
machine-learning6
openai5
semantic-kernel3
azure-openai2
datatypes2
virtual-desktop2
virtualization1
hpc-applications1
hpc1
azd-templates1
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/STRIDES
Nov 2021 - Sep 2022
Supporting the Azure + NIH STRIDES initiative
Contributions:1 review, 62 commits, 4 PRs in 9 months
azure
microsoft/prompts-for-edu
Aug 2023 - Apr 2024
Contributions:4 reviews, 5 PRs, 45 pushes in 8 months
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