Veteran Tech Executive Scott Van Vliet Joins Xoriant's Board
Xoriant, a global digital engineering and AI-native technology services company owned by ChrysCapital, has named Scott Van Vliet, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President, to its Board of Directors.
He presently heads Azure OpenAI and AI Core Infrastructure at Microsoft, developing and managing the model training and inferencing framework that supports Azure Foundry Models.
He offers over twenty years of experience in scaling technology platforms that cater to hundreds of millions of users — covering three significant phases of AI, from conversational to collaborative to agentic.
At Microsoft, he directed the engineering and product teams consisting of almost 1,500 individuals for Microsoft Teams and Azure Communication Services, then championed AI-driven collaborative work management, and currently manages Azure OpenAI and AI Core Infrastructure.
He was formerly the SVP of Software Engineering at Relativity Space, developing the company's Factory Operating System; held the position of General Manager at Amazon; and worked as VP of Digital Play at Mattel.
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Sanjay Jalona, Chairman of the Board at Xoriant and Operating Partner at ChrysCapital, stated, “Scott stands at the crossroads of advanced AI engineering and extensive technology services, possessing the reputation for creating innovative companies. His blend of platform expertise, product insight, and engineering leadership makes him a remarkable asset to our Board. Under his leadership, Xoriant is uniquely positioned to revolutionize the way we construct, provide, and assist global enterprises in managing their AI transformation, converting applied intelligence into tangible results."
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Rohit Kedia, CEO of Xoriant, stated, “Businesses are transitioning from AI trials to production-level, autonomous systems that need to be dependable, scalable, and thoroughly integrated with their operations.”
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"Scott has created the infrastructure that the world's biggest companies depend on to implement AI on a large scale. His leadership will enhance our Applied Intelligence abilities, speed up our ORIAN AI Studio for agentic AI, and strengthen our aim to be the leading transformative AI-native digital engineering company worldwide," adds Rohit.