Paul Payne

Paul has 26 years’ experience developing technology solutions across industries. He has been a core member of world-renowned innovation labs at Microsoft, Nordstrom, and Ivy Softworks; and has worked in lead engineering and management positions at startups including Atlas Informatics, Xinova, Fiero, Navigating Cancer, and more.

Paul has provided innovation consulting in the technology, education, healthcare, finance, human resources, fashion, live entertainment and non-profit sectors for multi-national corporations, enterprises, SMB’s, and startups.

Paul investigates OpenAI technologies and application patterns at Microsoft Research towards developing new features and business lines for Microsoft.

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Ernie Booth is an experienced software engineer and founder with over 22 years of experience in the film industry, Microsoft and startups. He specializes in deep tech incubation, having developed game engines, mobile applications, computer vision and machine learning (AI) products.

Ernie has an impressive list of accomplishments, including the development team for Microsoft Surface and Samsung tablets, Xbox One, Netflix Streaming PoC, Silverlight, Kinnect Fusion, Windows Vista multi-touch pack, Windows 7 touch simulator, and many other incubations and research projects across Microsoft Applied Sciences and Microsoft Research.

Most recently, Ernie has been the Principal Engineer Manager at Microsoft Research, where he has been focused on incubating new products with OpenAI at their core since 2021. As one of Microsoft’s internal experts on the application of OpenAI, Ernie is available to provide consulting advice to OpenAI clients.

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