Ian Wells
Lead Principal Program Manager at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolIan Wells is a seasoned product and program leader with over three decades of hands-on experience in speech, audio and DSP technologies, now leading Microsoft Foundry fundamentals from Redmond. He combines deep technical roots—implementing real-time codecs and DSP firmware early in his career—with strategic product ownership across Azure AI Studio, Cognitive Services speech, and embedded device audio. Ian has a track record of delivering complex international, multi-site programs (Nokia, Lumia, Qualcomm collaborations) that improved real-world experiences like Skype, Cortana and Windows Live Captions. He excels at bridging hardware, firmware and cloud AI teams to ship integrated audio solutions and embed generative AI into developer platforms. A pragmatic technologist and manager, he has repeatedly launched industry-first audio features (stereo capture, HD Voice, 2‑mic beamforming) while scaling global teams and supplier ecosystems. Colleagues value his blend of low-level engineering credibility and product leadership that turns novel audio research into widely used products.
7 years of coding experience
32 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Electronic Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Electronic Engineering at University of Surrey
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Github Skills (22)
cognitive-services10
speech-to-text10
voice-control10
microsoft10
azure-cognitive-services10
bots10
microsoft-cognitive-services10
voiceover10
alexa-skills-kit10
voice-commands10
voice-assistant10
sdk10
speech10
azure10
wpf10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mswellsi/Cognitive-Services-Voice-Assistant
Mar 2020 - Jul 2020
Welcome to the Microsoft Voice Assistant samples repository! Here you will find samples and tools in C# and C++ to help you get started with building clients for your bot or custom command application
Contributions:38 pushes, 33 branches in 3 months
custom-commandvoice-recognitionbotspeech-recognitionmicrosoft-cognitive-services
mswellsi/cognitive-services-speech-sdk
May 2022 - Jun 2023
Sample code for the Microsoft Cognitive Services Speech SDK
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 year
azure-cognitive-servicesspeech-to-textspeech-servicesspeech-recognitioncognitive
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