Hugo Aponte – Engineer Leader of AzureML Inference Experiences at Microsoft

Leader of Hispanic and Latino Community, Culture Club volunteer and Diversity & Inclusion Council member

More than 25 years of experience as an Engineer focused on Software Development, AI/ML, Mobile Development, Distributing Systems, Big Data, IT Infrastructure, Ad Technology, Search Engines, Video Streaming and more.

My current role entitles driving customer success while using our UI, SDK and CLI for ML Inference tasks on Azure ML. I am an active culture leader with focus on the Latino community, inclusive hiring and retention initiatives. 

I joined Microsoft in 2013 as a Senior Software Engineer to work at Bing. Before, I worked for 10-year at an Online Hispanic-focused company – VIX today, where I grew from development roles to Director of technology and operations worldwide. Former college professor in my home country, Venezuela. 

I started my professional career serving as Software & Automation Engineer at the Venezuelan national oil company, resulting in several publications and patents related to oil production optimization. I hold a bachelor’s degree in computer science, with many graduate specialization courses on Artificial Intelligence.