Speaker:Gagan Chopra

Our distinguished Alum Gagan Chopra will meet with the graduate students and participate in a Q & A session. 

Gagan Chopra graduated from Iowa State University in 1993.  Following his graduation  he joined Microsoft in Redmond, WA, in 1993, where he is currently a Group Program Manager. The first half of his career was spent in software design engineering, and architect roles focused on enterprise computing software (high performance transaction processing systems, business solutions, mobile productivity solutions). Gagan has spent the second half of his career in a product design role, focused on AI and big data driven consumer and marketing solutions, primarily the Bing search engine, and Microsoft Advertising R&D. Gagan's current areas of interest are AI and big data driven auction marketplaces, multi-discipline high performance team cultures, collaboration enablement, personal and professional productivity, rhythms, history, cultures, wildlife photography, and travel.