Summary
Michael Ouyang is a VP of Applied Artificial Intelligence with 11+ years delivering production AI and search systems from startup roots to enterprise scale in the San Francisco Bay Area. He architects conversational AI roadmaps and scalable NLU pipelines, driving fast deployment cycles and continuous model refinement while translating technical progress into domain-specific presentations and white papers. Earlier roles include designing semantic search and recommendation systems at Elastic and hands-on server- and client-side engineering across .NET, Java, C++, Python, and Lisp dating back to AI research work at UMass Amherst. He thrives in small, mission-driven teams and enjoys interactive programming with Clojure, reflecting a taste for expressive languages and tooling that augment human capabilities. Michael’s background blends deep implementation experience with product-focused AI delivery, making him adept at bridging research, engineering, and business needs.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
M.S, Computer Science, M.S, Computer Science at San José State University
Chinese, Japanese, English