Peter Lee

CEO

Redmond, Washington, United States27 yrs 4 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Accelerated AI-driven discoveries in health and life sciences.
  • Led global research operations at Microsoft Research.
  • Co-authored influential book on AI in medicine.
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Skills

Core Skills

Artificial IntelligenceLeadership

Other Skills

Emerging TechnologiesResearch OperationsAlgorithmsComputer ArchitectureCloud ComputingComputer ScienceData Mining

About

Dr. Peter Lee is President, Microsoft Science. His responsibility is to accelerate the pace of discovery in the physical, biological, and medical sciences through the use of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. Previously, he led the worldwide laboratories of Microsoft Research, and before joining Microsoft in 2010, he established a new technology office at DARPA, creating operational capabilities in machine learning, data science, and computational social science. From 1987 to 2010, Dr. Lee was a professor and the head of the computer science department at Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and serves on the boards of several institutions in AI and medicine, including the Board of Trustees of the Mayo Clinic and the Board of Directors of the Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine. He served on President Obama’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity and has testified before both the US House and US Senate committees. With Carey Goldberg and Dr. Isaac Kohane, he is the coauthor of the book, “The AI Revolution in Medicine: GPT-4 and Beyond.” In 2024, Peter Lee was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in health and life sciences.

Experience

27 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
7 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 8 mos
Current Experience

Microsoft

2 roles

President, Microsoft Science

Promoted

Feb 2026Present · 3 mos · On-site

  • Advancing and accelerating discovery in the physical, biological, and medical sciences through AI and other emerging technologies.
Artificial IntelligenceEmerging Technologies

President, Microsoft Research

Sep 2022Mar 2026 · 3 yrs 6 mos · On-site

  • Leadership of Microsoft's research operations across 14 worldwide laboratories, spanning all areas of research pertinent to Microsoft's businesses.
LeadershipResearch Operations

Mayo clinic

Member Board of Trustees

Mar 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Rochester, Minnesota, United States · On-site

Kaiser permanente bernard j. tyson school of medicine

Board Member

Sep 2016Present · 9 yrs 8 mos · Pasadena, California, United States · Hybrid

President's commission on enhancing national cybersecurity

Commissioner

Jan 2015Dec 2015 · 11 mos · Washington D.C. Metro Area

Microsoft corporation

Corporate Vice President, AI & Research

Sep 2010Sep 2010 · 0 mo

  • Director of Microsoft Research in Redmond, WA

Defense advanced research projects agency (darpa)

Office Director

Feb 2009Sep 2010 · 1 yr 7 mos · On-site

  • Director of the Transformational Convergence Technology Office (now Information Innovation Office).

Carnegie mellon university

4 roles

Professor and Head of Computer Science Department

Sep 2007Aug 2009 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Currently on leave of absence.

Vice Provost for Research

Jul 2006Sep 2007 · 1 yr 2 mos

Associate Dean

Jan 1999Jan 2004 · 5 yrs

Professor

Jan 1987Jan 2008 · 21 yrs

Darpa isat

Vice Chair

Jan 2004Jan 2009 · 5 yrs

Education

University of Michigan

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD — Computer Science

Sep 1982May 1987

University of Michigan

Ph.D. — Computer and Communication Sciences

Jan 1978Jan 1987

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