Healthcare · AI · Engineering

Bert Hoorne

Principal Technical Program Manager, Microsoft Health AI
At Microsoft since 2017 · Belgium

I've worked in healthcare technology since 2012: first as a software engineer building EHR software, then as a cloud architect and advisor to European healthcare organizations, and now working on generative AI for healthcare at Microsoft. My focus is AI that is safe, compliant and useful in practice.

Portrait of Bert Hoorne
  • Since 2012building healthcare software
  • US & EMEAteams I work with
  • 3companies co-founded
  • 15+Microsoft certifications

Selected work.

The two areas where I've spent most of my career, with a few public references below each.

01 · Microsoft Health AI · 2023–present

Healthcare AI engineering

As a technical program manager in Microsoft Health AI, I work on generative AI for healthcare, from conversational agents to AI inside the clinical workflow. I work together with engineering, product, clinical and partner teams across the US and EMEA, from first idea and prototype through to products used in clinical practice.

The work spans large language models, retrieval and agents: how AI draws on medical and organizational knowledge, how it fits into clinical workflows, and how partners can build on it. Safety, responsible AI, privacy and security run through all of it. It builds on everything before: healthcare software, cloud architecture and data interoperability.

Read more: large language models · generative answers · clinical safeguards · partner integrations · trusted medical content · organizational knowledge

02 · Microsoft Western Europe · 2017–2023

Healthcare technology strategy

As architect, strategist and advisor, I worked with leading hospitals and health systems on cloud, data and AI programs, from strategy and architecture through to delivery: Karolinska University Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital (HUS), IRCCS San Raffaele, Radboudumc, Erasmus MC, Ramsay Santé, AZ Delta, Cleveland Clinic, Ireland's HSE and many more.

The work spanned healthcare data platforms and interoperability with FHIR, openEHR and OMOP, secure research environments, conversational AI and clinical AI. During COVID-19 it meant helping hospitals launch self-assessment bots within days and use AI to identify the patients at highest risk.

Read more: COVID-19 bots · Capio · IRCCS San Raffaele · Back to Work template · AI in healthcare at AZ Nikolaas

Background

Healthcare, engineering, cloud and AI.

I started by writing healthcare software. Today I'm a Principal Technical Program Manager in Microsoft Health AI, working with teams in the US and EMEA.

  1. 2023–present

    Technical program manager, Microsoft Health AI

    I work on generative AI for healthcare, together with engineering, product and clinical teams in the US and EMEA. Senior Technical Program Manager from 2023, Principal since 2025.

  2. 2017–2023

    Healthcare architect and advisor, Microsoft Western Europe

    Cloud Solution Architect (2017–2019), Healthcare Industry Technology Strategist (2019–2022) and Senior Healthcare Advisor (2022–2023). Worked with leading healthcare organizations in Europe on cloud and data-platform architecture and implementation.

  3. 2012–2017

    Software engineer, Corilus

    Built EHR software for healthcare providers such as physicians and midwives.

Alongside

  1. 2023–present

    Board member, HOWEST University of Applied Sciences

  2. 2017–2025

    Independent and co-founder

    Freelance consultant on software architecture and implementation, and co-founder at Keystroke (2017). Co-founder of Onyva, a platform that motivates teams to exercise together (2017–2022), and Power Accelerate, which migrates legacy applications to the Microsoft Power Platform (2020–2025).

Certifications

15+ Microsoft certifications earned across Azure architecture, AI and data, including Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure AI Engineer Associate, Azure Security Engineer Associate and Azure DevOps Engineer Expert.

Contact

Get in touch.

Happy to talk about healthcare AI, AI governance and bringing clinical AI into practice. Email me at hello@hoornebert.be or connect on LinkedIn.