# Xi Yang

> Design at Microsoft

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Profile: https://flows.cv/xiyang

A member of Microsoft’s Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) team, partnering closely with enterprise customers to design and ship AI solutions for complex, real-world challenges. 

A hands-on practitioner specializing in 0→1 products. PhD in HCI.

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer @ Microsoft
Jan 2023 – Present | Vancouver, BC
Current: Microsoft Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) team 
Past: Microsoft Copilot Studio: platform for building and deploying custom AI agents; Frontline Copilot

### Product Designer @ Microsoft
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Copilot in Dynamics 365 Field Service: empowering frontline professionals with AI.

### PhD—Conversational AI, HCI @ Imperial College London
Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 | London, United Kingdom
My work integrates principles from positive psychology and HCI to inform the design of conversational agents that foster positive, meaningful user experiences.

### Product Design Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Bellevue, WA, United States
Bot Framework Composer | Conversational AI.

### UX Research Intern @ Google
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Zürich Area, Switzerland
User research on Google Assistant.

### UX Research Intern @ Spixii
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | London, United Kingdom
AI chatbots for insurance agencies.

### HCI Research Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Beijing City, China

### Visiting Student @ Cornell University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Ithaca, New York, United States

### Research Assistant (Interaction Design) @ The University of Hong Kong
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012

### Software Engineering Intern @ Innovation Works
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Beijing City, China


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Human Computer Interaction, Conversational Agents
Imperial College London

### Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Human Computer Interaction
The University of Hong Kong

### Visiting Student in Human Computer Interaction
Cornell University

### Master of Engineering (MEng) in Software Engineering
Peking University

### Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering
Wuhan University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/xiyang0717

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JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/xiyang/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-31