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Alex Acero

Venture Partner at Cadenza

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Overview

Alex Acero is a Venture Partner at Cadenza [4] and Head of AI Incubation, Distinguished Scientist at Zoom [3]. Acero holds an Affiliate Professor position in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Washington [5]. Acero's career includes roles as Senior Distinguished Engineer and Siri Chief Scientist at Apple [6], as well as Sr. Director of Siri [7]. Prior to Apple, Acero worked at Microsoft Research in various capacities, including Director of the Conversational Systems Research Center [8], Research Area Manager [9], and Manager of the Speech Group [10]. Acero holds a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University [11], a Master's degree from Rice University [12], and an Engineer degree in Telecommunications from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid [13].

Profile introduction
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Seasoned leader in speech, language, and AI, with high research impact during my Microsoft Research tenure, and high product impact during my Apple tenure. Member of the National Academy of Engineering, and Fellow of IEEE, ISCA, AASF, and AAIS. My team at Apple shipped the speech and language technologies powering on-device Siri, the speech recognition engine powering on-device dictation and Voice Control, as well as the text-to-speech engine powering on-device turn-by-turn navigation in Maps and accessibility features such as screen reader and Personal Voice navigation. My team at Microsoft R…

Career history

  1. Head of AI Incubation, Distinguished ScientistFeb 2026 to presentZoom
  2. Venture PartnerOct 2024 to presentCadenza
  3. Affiliate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringJan 2000 to presentUniversity of Washington
  4. Senior Distinguished Engineer | Siri Chief ScientistOct 2023 to Jul 2024Apple
  5. Sr. Director, SiriAug 2013 to Oct 2023Apple
  6. Director, Conversational Systems Research CenterSep 2012 to May 2013Microsoft
  7. Research Area Manager, Microsoft ResearchMar 2005 to Sep 2012Microsoft
  8. Manager, Speech Group at Microsoft ResearchSep 2000 to Mar 2005Microsoft

Education

  1. PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering1987 - 1990Carnegie Mellon University
  2. Masters, Electrical and Computer Engineering1986 - 1987Rice University
  3. Engineer, Telecommunications at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid1979 - 1985

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