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James Croft

James Croft

Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft

Softwareentwickler bei Microsoft

Leeds, United Kingdom

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Experienced software engineer with 10+ years of experience designing and building large-scale, distributed, cloud-native systems across AI, data platforms, and SaaS products. Expert in Python, C#, and TypeScript, with deep specialization in AI agent architectures, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and production-grade Azure systems. Leads end-to-end system design, from architecture and infrastructure to hands-on implementation, testing, and operational ownership in high-impact environments.

Erfahrener Softwareentwickler mit über 10 Jahren Erfahrung in der Entwicklung verteilter, Cloud-nativer Systeme. Experte in Python, C# und TypeScript, spezialisiert auf KI-Architekturen, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) und Produktionssysteme.

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Area of Expertise

  • Information & Communications Technology

Topics

  • .NET
  • Azure
  • Azure OpenAI Service
  • Azure Functions
  • Azure Container Apps
  • Azure Bicep
  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Azure DevOps
  • TypeScript
  • GitHub
  • Azure Data & AI
  • Azure Cognitive Services
  • Azure AI
  • Azure AI Document Intelligence

Boosting Employee Productivity: Unleashing the Power of Large Language Models and Knowledge Bases

In today's information-driven world, organizations face an ongoing challenge of efficiently harnessing their vast knowledge bases while empowering their employees to work smarter and more productively. This session delves into the transformative interaction that arises from combining large language models, such as OpenAI's GPT, with organizations' knowledge, enabling them to supercharge employee productivity.

You will discover how organizations are integrating LLMs with their knowledge bases, enabling collaboration and knowledge sharing, revealing how they enhance team dynamics by tapping into collective intelligence.

You'll leave this session with insights that enable you to navigate the possibilities of optimizing your own organizational efficiencies with AI, catapulting your employee productivity to new heights.

Document Data Extraction with Azure AI

This session delves into the power of Azure AI in extracting valuable information from documents. Learners will gain a fundamental understanding of the techniques and services available within Azure AI for document data extraction and learn how to implement various techniques with them to optimize performance, accuracy, and cost.

Technical audience with a fundamental understanding of Azure looking to incorporate AI into their existing solutions to optimize manual processes.

Harnessing Copilot for Technical Writing

Unleash the power of Copilot to transform your technical writing skills!

The role of Large Language Models in reshaping content generation is immensely transformative, empowering everyone to work smarter and more productively. This session provides insights into the challenges faced in technical content creation, and how tools like Copilot can help overcome them.

You will discover effective prompting techniques that can assist in every phase of content creation, from ideation to writing, to editing and reviewing.

This session will provide you with the knowledge to apply and customize prompts in your writing process, to enable you to efficiently create your next article or guide.

Microsoft Learn Zero to Hero Community User group Sessionize Event

October 2024

DDD 2021 Sessionize Event

November 2021 Reading, United Kingdom

DDD East Midlands Conference 2021 Sessionize Event

October 2021 Nottingham, United Kingdom

James Croft

Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft

Leeds, United Kingdom

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