Anna Hester

Anna Hester

Founding Advisor & Partner | Technology & Architecture at Agentic Commerce Advisory
Greater Seattle Area

Anna Hester is currently Founding Advisor & Partner for Technology & Architecture at Agentic Commerce Advisory and Founder & Fractional CTO for AI, Platform & Fintech at AH Ventures. She has founded AH Ventures, which is still running, and previously held senior engineering and product leadership roles at Microsoft, including Vice President positions in AI and Experiences & Devices. Her expertise includes AI, platform, fintech, distributed systems, full-stack applications, and leading high-performance engineering organizations.

  • Agentic Commerce Advisory Founding Advisor & Partner | Technology & Architecture 2026–present · current
  • AH Ventures Founder & Fractional CTO | AI, Platform & Fintech 2025–present · current
  • Microsoft Vice President, Product & Engineering | Microsoft AI 2024–2025, Vice President, Product & Engineering | Microsoft Experiences & Devices Division 2021–2024, Partner Director of Engineering | Windows & Devices 2019–2021, Partner Group Engineering Manager | Cloud & AI Division 2014–2019 · past
  • Early Career Software Engineer & Researcher 1999–2014 · past

Education

  • UW Foster School of Business MBA, Technology Management
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Master's, Computer Science
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Bachelor's, Computer Engineering

Organizations

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  • Agentic Commerce Advisory Founding Advisor & Partner | Technology & Architecture 2026–present · current
  • AH Ventures Founder & Fractional CTO | AI, Platform & Fintech 2025–present · current
  • Microsoft Vice President, Product & Engineering | Microsoft AI 2024–2025, Vice President, Product & Engineering | Microsoft Experiences & Devices Division 2021–2024, Partner Director of Engineering | Windows & Devices 2019–2021, Partner Group Engineering Manager | Cloud & AI Division 2014–2019 · past

Education

  • UW Foster School of Business MBA, Technology Management
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Master's, Computer Science
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Bachelor's, Computer Engineering

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