James Codella

James Codella, Ph.D., is a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft, where they focus on NoSQL Query and AI for Azure Cosmos DB. They previously held roles as a Senior Technical Program Manager, where they managed the Microsoft Mixed Reality telemetry data pipeline, and as a Program Manager, where they developed intelligent services for MS Exchange/Office 365. James's career includes significant contributions at IBM, where they generated over 12 peer-reviewed publications and 3 patents while leading machine learning projects in healthcare. They earned a Ph.D. in Operations Research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and have also completed a Master of Engineering and a B.S. in Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell University.