Summary
Shon Katzenberger is a Partner Software Engineer and Architect with over 30 years of engineering experience and six years focused on modern AI/ML product work, currently building cutting-edge ML technology in Microsoft's AI & R Division from Windsor, Colorado. With a deep academic foundation (PhD and MA in Mathematics) and a long tenure at Microsoft that spans compilers, web platforms, and machine learning infrastructure, he combines rigorous mathematical thinking with practical system design. He also led AI efforts at Xevo, designing ML modeling frameworks to improve vehicle safety and in-car experiences, demonstrating an ability to move models from research into product. Comfortable across the full ML stack—from data pipelines and neural nets to platform tooling—he brings rare institutional knowledge of both legacy and next-generation Microsoft technologies. A detail that sets him apart is his background in pure mathematics, which informs a principled approach to algorithm design and scalable ML architecture.
6 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Mathematics, PhD Mathematics at University of Wisconsin-Madison
MA Mathematics, MA Mathematics at University of Maryland
UMBC