Mumbai: Xoriant, a ChrysCapital-owned global digital engineering and AI-native technology services firm, has announced the appointment of Scott Van Vliet to its Board of Directors.
Scott Van Vliet, who currently serves as Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, brings deep expertise in AI infrastructure and large-scale platform engineering to support Xoriant’s next phase of growth.
The appointment of Scott Van Vliet underscores Xoriant’s commitment to embedding world-class AI leadership at the highest levels of governance as it scales its Applied Intelligence vision for global enterprises.
Scott Van Vliet currently leads Azure OpenAI and AI Core Infrastructure at Microsoft, where he is responsible for building and operating the model training and inferencing platform that powers Azure Foundry Models.
His experience spans more than two decades, during which Scott Van Vliet has played a pivotal role in scaling technology platforms serving hundreds of millions of users.
Throughout his career, Scott Van Vliet has worked across three major waves of artificial intelligence—conversational, collaborative, and agentic.
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At Microsoft, Scott Van Vliet led engineering and product teams of nearly 1,500 people behind Microsoft Teams and Azure Communication Services. He later drove AI-powered collaborative work management and now oversees Azure OpenAI and AI Core Infrastructure.
Prior to Microsoft, Scott Van Vliet served as Senior Vice President of Software Engineering at Relativity Space, where he built the company’s Factory Operating System.
He also held leadership roles as General Manager at Amazon and Vice President of Digital Play at Mattel, further strengthening his cross-industry expertise.
Sanjay Jalona, Chairman of the Board at Xoriant and Operating Partner at ChrysCapital, said, “Scott has lived at the intersection of deep AI engineering and large-scale technology services, with the credibility of building future-forward companies. His combination of platform depth, product intuition, and engineering leadership makes him an extraordinary addition to our Board.
With his guidance, Xoriant is exceptionally well-positioned to transform how we build, deliver and help global enterprises navigate their AI transformation, turning applied intelligence to measurable impact.”
Rohit Kedia, Chief Executive Officer of Xoriant, said, “Enterprises are moving from AI experimentation to production-grade, agentic systems that must be reliable, scalable, and deeply integrated with operations. Scott has built the very infrastructure the world’s largest companies rely on to deploy AI at scale.
His guidance will sharpen our Applied Intelligence capabilities, accelerate our ORIAN AI Studio for agentic AI, and reinforce our mission to become the most transformative AI-native digital engineering firm globally.”
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Scott Van Vliet: Intersection of Deep AI Engineering and Large-Scale Technology Services
Commenting on his appointment, Scott Van Vliet said, “What excites me about Xoriant is the rare combination of deep engineering DNA, a clear Applied Intelligence vision, and the agility to move faster than companies many times its size.
The next frontier of enterprise AI isn’t just about embedding intelligence into how businesses operate, decide, and compete. I look forward to working with the Board and Xoriant’s talented XFactors to realize this opportunity.”
Xoriant’s ORIAN AI Studio for agentic AI is already delivering measurable business outcomes at scale. Early client results include reducing document processing time from hours to minutes, improving throughput by 80% with 97% accuracy.
In software development, ORIAN AI Studio has helped compress lifecycle timelines from quarters to under a month, reducing overall effort by approximately 50%.
Additionally, the company’s recent acquisition of TestDevLab has strengthened its position in AI-driven quality engineering, adding advanced capabilities in model validation, fairness testing, and safety evaluations for AI systems.
