Folasade Ajayi

About

I’m a product manager with 6+ years of experience building AI products at Microsoft, where I led Product strategy for AI initiatives across engineering, data science and UX to create recommendation systems that helped scale Copilot adoption to millions of users. I'm currently building Nomi, an AI/Data infra making African names easier to pronounce, search, and understand online. I enjoy digging into data, finding the real problems people face, and turning those into simple, useful solutions. Outside of work, I love reading about digitally underrepresented languages, and exploring food and culture as ways to bring people together.

Experience

• Founder & CTO · Villagers Africa2022-01-01 – 2024-12-31

  Built Villagers Africa to connect 300+ African founders to collaborators and co-founders; facilitated partnerships, mentorship, and cross-border collaboration; developed AI/ML & Data tools; led language tools development and platform growth.

• Product Manager 2 · Microsoft2018-11-01 – 2025-07-31

  Worked on AI/ML products, led cross-functional teams, and collaborated with Data Science, UX, and Engineering to create tailored recommendations and boost customer productivity.

• Technical Program Manager - Exchange Mailbox Migration Team · Microsoft2018-03-01 – 2018-07-01

  Led real-time monitoring tools and dashboards powered by Machine Learning, improving enterprise customer satisfaction and tenant experience.

• Platform Engineer · The Shelby Group2017-09-01 – 2018-03-01

  Enhanced tax validation systems and automated procurement processes using Java and RESTful services, reducing customer errors and cycle times.

• Software Developer Intern · Anakle Limited2016-05-01 – 2016-07-01

  Developed SEO websites with WordPress and PHP, implemented social media strategies, and created in-house applications for email signatures.

Education

• Purdue UniversityBachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science

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