Jason Sowers
Conversational AI Engineer
Tennessee, United States
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Jason Sowers is a Conversational AI Engineer with 11 years of experience building production-grade chatbots and integrations for healthcare and enterprise customers, currently shaping conversational products at LivePerson. He combines hands-on backend skills in C#, .NET, Node, Azure and microservices with deep domain experience in EMR/EHR integrations, having built a medical triage bot that reads/writes to systems like Epic and Allscripts. A former Microsoft Bot Framework contributor, Jason has improved OAuth/Teams handling and authentication samples in high-profile open-source repos, bringing stability and security to bot platforms. His background includes innovation work prototyping voice and behavioral-health assistants, plus leadership and technical discipline honed as an Army squad leader; he often serves as the bridge between customers, engineering, and data science to deliver empathetic, research-backed solutions.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Information Systems, Software Development, 3.73, Information Systems, Software Development, 3.73 at Bellevue CollegeCertificate, Machine learning, Certificate, Machine learning at Stanford University
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Github Skills (26)
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dotnet-core10
bot-framework10
microsoft-teams10
csharp10
oauth10
apidoc9
azure-blob-storage9
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nodejs9
dotnet-new8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/BotBuilder-Samples
Aug 2017 - Jan 2021
Welcome to the Bot Framework samples repository. Here you will find task-focused samples in C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python to help you get started with the Bot Framework SDK!
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:123 commits, 103 PRs, 248 pushes in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Jason's commits primarily involve changes to C# and Node.js code related to bot functionality and authentication. The user removed an adaptive cards reference from a C# project and implemented authentication features in both C# and Node.js samples. The contributions include initial authentication commits, fixes, adding comments, and removing cards, demonstrating a focus on backend bot logic and authentication mechanisms.
botmicrosoft-cognitive-servicesjavascriptyeomanfocused
microsoft/botbuilder-dotnet
Feb 2018 - Oct 2018
Welcome to the Bot Framework SDK for .NET repository, which is the home for the libraries and packages that enable developers to build sophisticated bot applications using .NET.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 16 PRs, 29 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily focused on fixing bugs and improving the functionality of the OAuth prompt and the bot adapter. Their work involved addressing issues related to Teams integration and handling scenarios where the Teams verification process might return null values. The contributions also involved modifying the Azure Blob Transcript store for improved transcript listing, specifically addressing the unescaping of IDs. These changes demonstrate a focus on improving the stability and reliability of the bot framework.
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