Phil Jirsa
AI Solutions Leader at Apex Systems
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolPhil Jirsa is an AI solutions leader and cloud-first technologist with over two decades of experience designing scalable architectures, building developer tools, and translating complex cloud patterns into practical outcomes. He’s driven measurable customer impact at Microsoft by rapidly delivering Azure OpenAI MVPs through hands-on CodeWith sprints for Health & Life Sciences, and he’s authored Pluralsight courses that have helped thousands upskill. His background spans consulting, enterprise development at Rackspace, and long-standing SharePoint roots—giving him a rare mix of platform pragmatism and cutting-edge AI practice. Based in Minneapolis and pursuing an MBA, he pairs strategic vision with day-to-day engineering and mentoring, often turning prototypes into production-ready platforms that simplify the complex.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at University of St. Thomas - Opus College of BusinessBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Winona State UniversityTartan Senior High
Stackoverflow
13reputation
1kreached
3answers
1question
Github Skills (200)
tinyurl10
azure-functions10
microsoft-azure10
azd-templates10
azure-pipelines10
chatgpt10
azure-sdk10
architecture10
azure-cosmos-db10
azure-container-apps10
dotnet10
api10
sdk10
ai10
powershell10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/NurseHackAPIs
Aug 2021 - Jun 2023
Contributions:45 PRs, 90 pushes, 25 branches in 1 year 10 months
microsoft/hackathon-team-builder
Aug 2021 - May 2022
Contributions:26 reviews, 195 commits, 97 PRs in 9 months
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