Jason Flaks ’97

Jason Flaks graduated from SUNY Purchase in 1997 with a B.F.A. in Studio Composition and a B.A. in Math/Computer Science. He is a product and technology leader at Meta, where he serves as a Group Manager for Technical Program Management in Ads Ranking AI/ML, leading program management for artificial intelligence and machine learning initiatives.

Jason has spent his career building and leading teams that ship products in conversational AI, speech recognition, audio technology, and virtual and augmented reality. He was a founding member of Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect and HoloLens teams and is a pioneer in conversational AI and far-field speech recognition. He has held executive roles as Chief Technology and Product Officer at Xembly, Chief Technology Officer at Stabilitas (acquired by OnSolve), and Head of Artificial Intelligence and Search at Simpplr, following earlier leadership roles at Marchex, Microsoft, Dolby Laboratories, and Gibson Guitar Corporation. He holds numerous patents in conversational AI, audio, and natural language technology, and also earned an M.S. in Music Engineering from the University of Miami.

Jason joined the PCAA Board of Directors in 2026. He lives in Redmond, Washington.