Desney Tan

Desney Tan is corporate vice president and managing director of Microsoft Research Redmond, a multidisciplinary global organization working to create scientific knowledge and deliver innovation that leads to positive human impact at scale. He was previously Vice President and Managing Director of Microsoft Health Futures, a cross-organizational incubation group that serves as Microsoft’s Health and Life Science “moonshot factory.” He also holds an affiliate faculty appointment in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington, serves on the Board of Directors for ResMed, is senior advisor and chief technologist for Seattle-based life science incubator IntuitiveX, advises multiple startup companies, and is an active startup and real estate investor.