PeopleofSuperintelligence

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Bill Stasior

Bill Stasior is a technology executive whose career spans interactive video research, product search, and voice AI. At MIT, he earned a PhD in 1997 for research on interactive video processing and software-radio systems; his early career also included Oracle and AltaVista. At Amazon, he joined search in 2003, co-founded A9 in 2004, became its CEO in 2006, and spoke for a 2010 visual-search feature. He led Apple’s Siri team from 2012 to 2019 and joined Microsoft to lead an AI group. As of October 2026, he is a senior advisor at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.

Now at
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Works
8
Citations
17
h-index
2
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Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 19 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1995–2003

    From Oracle to AltaVista

    During 1995–2003, he works as an Oracle senior engineer and heads advanced development at AltaVista.

  2. 1997

    An MIT doctorate

    He earns a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science at MIT in 1997, with research on interactive video processing and software-radio systems.

  3. 2003–2006

    Founding Amazon’s A9

    He joins Amazon as director of search and navigation in 2003, co-founds A9 in 2004, and becomes its president and CEO in 2006.

  4. 2010

    A9 visual search

    In 2010, as A9 president, he speaks for Amazon’s shoe visual-search feature, which groups products by image shape, color, and appearance.

  5. 2012–2019

    Leading Siri at Apple

    He joins Apple to lead Siri in 2012 and leaves in 2019 after nearly seven years as head of the assistant’s team.

  6. 2019

    Microsoft’s AI group

    In August 2019, he joins Microsoft as corporate vice president of technology under CTO Kevin Scott and leads an artificial intelligence group.

  7. As of October 2026

    Senior advisor at Ontario Teachers

    As of October 2026, he is a senior advisor at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.

Career

  1. NowOntario Teachers’ Pension PlanSenior Advisor
  2. From 2019MicrosoftCorporate Vice President of Technology
  3. 2012–2019AppleHead of Siri Team
  4. 2003–2006AmazonDirector of Search and Navigation, Co-founder
  5. 1995–2003OracleSenior Engineer
  6. 1995–2003AltaVistaHead of Advanced Development

Education

  1. 1997Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPhD

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. ViewStation applications: implications for network traffic1995 · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications · 13 citations
  2. Viewstation applications: intelligent video processing over a broadband local area network1994 · 4 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 19 October 2026.

  1. Google alumni founded or led 81 other organizations, the most among the labs we compareIncludes Bill Stasior. We trace 194 organizations founded or led by AI lab alumni, and 202 career moves between the labs.
  2. 14% of AI doctorate holders from 2010 to 2016 founded or led a company or lab by 10 years after graduationIncludes Bill Stasior. We estimate how often AI doctorate holders founded or led a company or lab by 10 years after their doctorate, and how the timing changed across cohorts.
  3. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Our estimates of where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led, from education records in cited biographies.
  4. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Includes Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI from 1961 to 2025, with a year-by-year chart.

Colleagues

People named in this biography, and people with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Bill Stasior en.wikipedia.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. William F. Stasior (Q102354214) wikidata.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. Amazon.com Announces Launch of New Visual Search Capability for Customers press.aboutamazon.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. Report: Apple’s former Siri leader takes up new AI role at Microsoft 9to5mac.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. Former Siri Chief Bill Stasior Joins Microsoft to Lead AI Team macrumors.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  6. Bill Stasior otpp.com. Checked 18 October 2026.