Nick Farrell has 25 years of experience in high tech, working at startups, large universities and multi-national tech companies. He is currently a Senior Artificial Intelligence Program Manager at Microsoft, managing projects using reinforcement learning to solve industrial automation problems for Fortune 500 companies. Prior to working at Microsoft, Nick worked as a product manager in the healthcare software sector. He has also started software quality assurance departments at a pharmaceutical tech company, a healthcare device startup and an advertising agency. Nick has a degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Michigan.