Taylor Black is a senior innovation leader at Microsoft, where he works in the Office of the CTO on artificial intelligence strategy, venture ecosystems, and emerging technologies. He has spent more than two decades at the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, and higher education, helping organizations translate cutting edge innovation into durable institutional and cultural impact.

In addition to his role at Microsoft, Black serves as the founding director of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies at The Catholic University of America. His work bridges technical innovation with the Catholic intellectual tradition, engaging questions of human dignity, intelligence, formation, and the future of higher education in an AI driven world.

He received an undergraduate degree in philosophy and classics from Gonzaga University, and a master’s in philosophy and a law degree from Boston College.