John Kahan has been Microsoft ’ s Chief Data Analytics Officer since 2018 . The New York University - Leonard N . Stern School of Business and State University of New York at Binghamtoneducated Kahan joined Microsoft in 2003 as General Manager , Global Relationship Marketing Group . His current responsibilities include using AI and data science to address challenges such as sustainable resource use , disaster response and increasing the data capacity of NGOs . www . technologymagazine . com