Sr. Director, AI Engineering
AI71 · Abu Dhabi
AI/ML strategy, LLM development and AI architecture, leading data science, ML and software engineering teams to build responsible, secure AI systems.
Since January 2026
AI Engineering Executive · Abu Dhabi · Prague · Seattle
Building AI and cloud platforms that serve hundreds of millions.
I lead engineering organisations that turn ambitious product bets into reliable systems at global scale, from agentic AI for manufacturing to social platforms and games played around the world.
Currently
Chief Technology Officer
Edaiga · London
AI consulting and software solutions: readiness assessments, strategy, and tailored AI products that keep evolving after launch.
Since August 2025
Selected impact
- 99.9%GroupMe platform availability, up from 94%
- 39M+GroupMe monthly users, a 62.5% increase in two years
- 100M+monthly active users on the multi-region game platform he architected
- 85.7%lower customer QA failure rates with an AI Factory Operations Agent
- 90+engineers led across the U.S., Europe, South America and India
- $40M+in multinational contracts under P&L ownership
Agentic AI for manufacturing
Took Microsoft Cloud for Industries' Manufacturing Data Solutions on Fabric from inception to general availability, with RAG, dynamic KQL and Copilot Studio agents demonstrated with partners like McLaren, Rolls-Royce and Bridgestone.
Social at massive scale
Led Microsoft Teams & GroupMe platform services: billions of encrypted messages, a move to Terraform and Kubernetes, and lower costs alongside higher reliability.
Global game platform
Built The Pokémon Company's game studio services group from the ground up and turned a monolithic prototype into a distributed platform for mobile, console, TV and web.
Mobile commerce in the parks
Brought ticket sales, PhotoPass and Shop Disney Parks to mobile at Walt Disney World, plus onboard chat and offline-first apps for Disney Cruise Line.
Experience
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2026 —
Sr. Director, AI Engineering
AI71 · Abu Dhabi
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2025 —
Chief Technology Officer
Edaiga · London
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2024 – 2025
Head of Engineering, Cloud + AI for Manufacturing & Mobility
Microsoft · Prague
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2021 – 2024
Sr. Director, Teams & GroupMe Platform Services
Microsoft · Prague
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2017 – 2021
Sr. Manager & Principal Architect, Game Studio Services
The Pokémon Company International · Bellevue
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2016 – 2017
Sr. Manager, Engineering, Amazon Flex
Amazon · Seattle
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2015 – 2016
Director, Engineering, Mobile & Services
Best Buy · Seattle
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2013 – 2015
Manager, Technology, Mobile & Services
The Walt Disney Company · Seattle
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2009 – 2013
Earlier
Mobile SDKs and apps at Zumobi, co-founder of MokaSocial, and full-stack lead at DomainTools
About
A hands-on leader who builds high-impact teams, aligns technical strategy with the business, and stays close to the architecture.
Michael has spent more than fifteen years leading engineering through enterprise and startup environments, with deep roots in infrastructure, distributed systems and mobile. His approach is servant leadership with a high bar: clear rhythms of business, data-driven roadmaps, and engineers who grow.
He holds Czech, Polish and U.S. citizenship and a U.A.E. Golden Visa, and keeps homes in Abu Dhabi, Prague and Seattle with his wife and four children. Outside work he travels, makes music, cooks, and works on his health.
- Languages
- English, Czech, Polish, German, Arabic (learning)
- Focus
- Compound AI systems, cloud platforms, systems design
- Community
- Executive sponsor, Microsoft Development Center Prague Learning & Development; Microsoft Global Hackathon judge
Let's talk.
Open to advisory, board and executive conversations about AI and platform engineering.