Xoriant has announced the appointment of Scott Van Vliet, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, to its Board of Directors, reinforcing its focus on scaling AI-led transformation for enterprises worldwide.
Based in Sunnyvale and Mumbai, Xoriant is positioning itself as an AI-native digital engineering firm, and the addition of Van Vliet signals a strategic push to strengthen its leadership in applied intelligence and platform engineering. At Microsoft, Van Vliet currently leads Azure OpenAI and AI Core Infrastructure, overseeing platforms that power large-scale model training and inferencing.
With more than two decades of experience, Van Vliet has played a key role in building and scaling global technology platforms. He previously led engineering teams behind Microsoft Teams and Azure Communication Services, supporting hundreds of millions of users. His career also includes leadership roles at Amazon, Relativity Space, and Mattel.
“Scott’s deep AI and platform engineering expertise will help us accelerate our Applied Intelligence vision for global enterprises.”
— Rohit Kedia, CEO, Xoriant
Sanjay Jalona, Chairman of Xoriant and Operating Partner at ChrysCapital, said the appointment reflects the company’s ambition to integrate world-class AI expertise at the governance level. He noted that Van Vliet’s experience in building future-ready platforms will help Xoriant redefine how enterprises adopt and scale AI.
Xoriant CEO Rohit Kedia emphasized that enterprises are rapidly transitioning from AI experimentation to production-grade, agentic systems that demand reliability, scalability, and deep operational integration. He added that Van Vliet’s experience in building large-scale AI infrastructure will strengthen Xoriant’s Applied Intelligence capabilities and accelerate innovation through its ORIAN AI Studio.
Commenting on his appointment, Van Vliet highlighted Xoriant’s strong engineering foundation and agility as key differentiators. He expressed confidence in the company’s ability to lead the next phase of enterprise AI, where intelligence is deeply embedded into business operations and decision-making.
Xoriant’s ORIAN AI Studio is already delivering measurable outcomes, including reducing document processing time from hours to minutes and improving throughput by 80% with high accuracy. The platform is also helping enterprises compress software development cycles and enhance quality through AI-driven engineering practices.
The appointment comes as Xoriant continues to expand its global footprint and capabilities, positioning itself at the forefront of enterprise AI transformation.