Saqib Shaikh

Software Engineering Manager, AI for Good at Microsoft

At Microsoft, Saqib Shaikh leads teams of engineers leveraging emerging technologies to empower people with disabilities to achieve more, and thus to create a more inclusive world for all.

His latest project, Seeing AI, enables someone who is visually impaired to hold up their phone, and hear more about the text, people, and objects in their surroundings. It has been called "life changing" by users, and has been shown at The White House, to the UK House of Lords, and the prime minister of Canada. The video of the original prototype has been viewed over three million times.

Shaikh holds a BSc in Computer Science (graduating top of his class), and an MSc in Artificial Intelligence. He has been recognized by the British Computer Society as the Young IT Practitioner of the Year.