Cosme Ochoa
Senior Business Planner at Microsoft
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolCosme Ochoa is a Senior Business Planner at Microsoft who drives strategy and cross-functional execution for the fast-growing Azure Virtual Desktop business, blending data-driven finance, product, and licensing insights to maximize customer value. He brings 12 years of experience across research and consulting, including a stint at BCG where he advised on procurement, digital consumer insights, and biotech M&A. Cosme holds a PhD in Robotics from the University of Michigan and an MIT BS in Aerospace with Information Technology, and his technical background spans AI/ML, flight planning, and systems engineering—skills he’s applied to real-time planners and failure-detection frameworks at NASA and in academia. Comfortable operating between deep technical teams and executive stakeholders, he routinely synthesizes complex models into strategic recommendations and board-ready presentations. A native English and Spanish speaker with working Portuguese and international experience in Iberian and Latin American contexts, he often blends cultural fluency into global program execution. Notably, his research progressed failure classification accuracy from 70% to 99% at NASA, underscoring a rare combination of rigorous research and practical business impact.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Engineering, Valedictorian, High School, Engineering, Valedictorian at Gladys Porter High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Aerospace Engineering with Information Technology, Bachelor of Science - BS, Aerospace Engineering with Information Technology at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science - MS, Robotics, Master of Science - MS, Robotics at University of Michigan
English, Spanish, Portuguese
Github Skills (12)
brave-browser9
chromium9
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android8
electron6
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
mycal-tucker/air-traffic-control
May 2014 - May 2014
Contributions:14 commits in 4 days
cosmeochoa/web
Jun 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:35 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
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