Juan Lavista Ferres is currently the General Manager and Lab Director of the Microsoft AI For Good Research Lab, where he works with a team of data scientists and researchers in AI, Machine Learning, and statistical modeling, working across Microsoft AI For Good efforts. These efforts include projects in AI For Earth, AI for Humanitarian Action, AI For Accessibility, and AI For Health. Juan is involved in working to define the data science discipline within Microsoft, and is currently the editor of the Microsoft Journal of Applied Research (MSJAR).