Vinod Kurpad is a product leader and Group Product Manager for Azure AI Foundry, driving innovations in Content Understanding, Document Intelligence, and agent knowledge and memory. He launched and scaled the knowledge mining portfolio within Azure Cognitive Search and now leads strategic investments in document-centric agentic workflows and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) scenarios. Known for a customer-first mindset, Vinod partners with enterprise customers to deliver AI and cloud-based solutions that unlock tangible business value. With more than 20 years of experience, he has shipped large-scale distributed systems and AI-driven analytics platforms, translating cutting-edge AI research into real-world product innovations at scale.