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Mehrdad Abdolghafari

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Royal Bank of Canada(RBC)

Mehrdad leads Azure Kubernetes Platform in Royal Bank of Canada, where he drives the design and operation of large-scale, secure, and compliant Azure and Kubernetes environments. With extensive experience in cloud native technologies and hyrbrid infrastructure, he focuses on automation, GitOps, and platform reliability to enable developer self-service and innovation at enterprise scale.

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Fast and flexible inference on open-source AI models at scale

Fast and flexible inference on open-source AI models at scale

2025-11-21 · Microsoft Ignite 2025 Watch
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with Mehrdad Abdolghafari (Royal Bank of Canada(RBC)) , Cary Chai (Microsoft) , Sachi Desai (Microsoft)
AI/ML Azure Cloud Computing LLM

Run open-source AI models of your choice with flexibility—from local environments to cloud deployments using Azure Container Apps and serverless GPUs for fast, cost-efficient inferencing. You will also learn how AKS powers scalable, high-performance LLM operations with fine-tuned control, giving you confidence to deploy your models your way. You’ll leave with a clear path to run custom and OSS models with agility and cost clarity.