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Michael Zhang

GenAI & Ads ML Executive | Leads Personalization, Ranking & Evaluation Systems @ Microsoft | LLM Training & RLHF Expert | Advisor @ Self-Attention Ventures

United States

Career path.

  1. Self-Attention Ventures

    General Partner

    Feb 2025 - Present
  2. Microsoft

    Head of Advanced AI Systems

    Feb 2022 - Present
  3. OpenAI

    Director, Strategic AI Integrations (Microsoft × OpenAI)

    Jun 2023 - Oct 2025
  4. Self-Attention Ventures

    Advisor (GenAI, LLM Training & Evals, Monetization)

    Nov 2022 - Feb 2025
  5. Microsoft

    Senior Director, Engineering - ML and Generative AI in Shopping & Ads

    Feb 2020 - Feb 2022
  6. Microsoft

    Director, Machine Learning & Engineering - Ads AI & Research

    Jan 2015 - Feb 2020
  7. Microsoft

    Engineering Manager - Machine Learning in Monetization & Ads

    Oct 2011 - Jan 2015
  8. Morgan Stanley

    Portfolio Manager

    Aug 2009 - May 2011
  9. Morgan Stanley

    Investment Strategist

    Jul 2008 - Aug 2009
  10. Morgan Stanley

    Senior Investment Analyst

    Apr 2006 - Jul 2008