Author: Adnan Masood

Ed Price is Senior Program Manager in Engineering at Microsoft, with an MBA degree in technology management. Previously, he led Azure Global’s efforts to publish key architectural guidance, ran Microsoft customer feedback programs for Azure Development and Data Services, and was a technical writer at Microsoft for six years, helping lead Tech Net Wiki. Ed now leads Microsoft’s efforts to publish reference architectures on the Azure Architecture Center (including a strong focus on AI architectures). He is an instructor at Bellevue College, where he teaches design and computer science. At Microsoft, he also helps lead volunteer efforts to teach thousands of students how to code each year, focusing on girls and minorities. Ed is a co-author of six books, including Azure Cloud Native Architecture Mapbook, Cloud Debgging and Profiling in Microsoft Azure (Apress), and Learn to Program with Small Basic. Adnan Masood,  Ph D, is an Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning researcher, Software Engineer, Microsoft regional Director, and Microsoft MVP for Artificial Intelligence. An international speaker and thought leader, Adnan currently works at UST as Chief AI Architect, and collaborates with Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab and MIT AI Lab on building enterprise solutions. Adnan has authored four books, including Automated Machine Learning and Cognitive Computing Recipes (Apress). Gaurav Aroraa is a Chief Technology officer at SCL, with Doctorate in Computer Science. Guarav is a Microsoft MVP award recipient. He is a lifetime member of the Computer Society of India (CSI), an advisory member and senior mentor at India Mentor, certified as a Scrum trainer and coach, ITIL-F certified, and PRINCE-F and PRINCE-P certified. Guarav is an open-source developer and a contributor to the Microsoft Tech Net community. He has authored ten books, including Cloud Debugging and Profiling in Microsoft Azure (Apress).