Summary
Summer Xia is a Principal AI PM Manager in the Office of the CTO with 15+ years in tech and a decade of leadership experience turning ML/DL research into production SaaS solutions. She has led AI product strategy and teams at Zoom, ByteDance, and Microsoft, shipping high-impact features like generative AI copilots, meeting recaps, and enterprise AI assistants that scaled to hundreds of thousands of users. An entrepreneur at heart, she co-founded LittleMoochi—an AI virtual pet startup that reached 10k+ users and won multiple pitch competitions—bringing hands-on product, fundraising, and patent experience. Summer builds teams and processes from scratch, is PMP, CSPO and ITIL certified, and is experienced in global cross-functional delivery across R&D, marketing, and pre-sales. She combines an MBA from Carnegie Mellon with deep technical roots as an R&D manager, enabling her to bridge research, product strategy, and go-to-market execution effectively. Notably, she has filed multiple patents in generative AI and drove a 10x user growth for a super assistant product through strategic campaigns.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering Physics, Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering Physics at East China Normal University
Master of Business Administration - MBA Product Management; Entrepreneurship, Master of Business Administration - MBA Product Management; Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business
English, Japanese, Chinese