Jacques van Rhyn

Jacques van Rhyn is a Senior Product Manager specializing in DirectX at Microsoft, where they focus on advancing hardware-agnostic acceleration APIs for machine learning with DirectML. Previously, they held various product management roles at Microsoft, contributing to major projects like Variable Rate Shading and the Agility SDK. Jacques started their career as an intern at Nurulize, where they developed applications for volumetric video and secured enterprise contracts through demos. They also conducted diligence work as an Undergraduate Associate at Xfund and hold a B.A. with Honors in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University.