Summary
Víctor Vargas is a seasoned technology leader and Principal PM Manager specializing in Security, Identity, and Artificial Intelligence, with over 10 years of enterprise experience at Microsoft and prior senior roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Bank of America. He designs and delivers secure, employee-centric AI solutions—leveraging Microsoft Copilot, Azure OpenAI, Cognitive Services, and Entra—while embedding security and compliance via Defender, Purview, and Intune. A PhD candidate researching AI security, fairness, and democratization, Víctor blends deep technical rigor with practical product leadership to accelerate adoption of generative AI in large organizations. He has been recognized with Microsoft’s Platinum Club and One Microsoft awards and was part of a team that set a GUINNESS WORLD RECORD for a massive online AI lesson. Bilingual and globally experienced from roles in Costa Rica to the United States, he combines hands-on engineering roots with people management and training expertise. Outside of work he is an avid traveler, husband, and father of two, bringing an adventurous, human-centered perspective to technology adoption.
10 years of coding experience