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Alex Michaud

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Product Owner at Thrivent
📍 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Alex is an Agentic AI Product Owner at State Farm, where he leads a customer-facing AI initiative. An MBA candidate at the University of Illinois, he holds an AWS AI Practitioner certification and combines product strategy with deep research into macroeconomic and technological trends to shape long-term business strategy.

Outside of his corporate role, Alex is passionate about mentorship. He founded Michaud Advisory, a service dedicated to coaching students and young professionals on how to build successful careers in the AI-driven workforce, giving them strategic clarity for the future.

Unique fact: He actively researches workforce and technology trends daily, using that knowledge to both guide his work at State Farm and his personal career coaching business.

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Current Role
Product Owner
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Agentic AI
As a Product Owner in this space, he is building a multi-agent orchestration system for a Fortune 50 insurer.
Career Coaching
He founded Michaud Advisory to guide students and young professionals on how to navigate their careers in the age of AI.
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Career

Work history

6-2026
Product Owner
Thrivent
3-2026 - 6-2026
Product Owner - Agentic AI
State Farm
2-2025 - 12-2025
Strategic Research Analyst
State Farm
6-2022 - 3-2026
Product Owner - ML Model Execution Platform
State Farm
3-2020 - 12-2020
Teaching Intern
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
In the press

Media appearances

State Farm Advances AI Vision Through OpenAI Collaboration. Featured in State Farm Newsroom
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State Farm OpenAI Partnership: AI Claims and Pricing Push. Featured in InsureMojo
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Education
8-2024 - 8-2027
Master's degree
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1-2021 - 5-2022
Master's degree
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, School of Labor and Employment Relations
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