- Reed Hastings
Reed Hastings (Wilmot Reed Hastings, Jr.) is the founder of Netflix. He is currently Netflix's chief executive officer, president and chairman of the board, and was the founder of Pure Software. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Microsoft Corp. His father was a lawyer who once served in the Nixon administration, serving as general counsel in the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
- Tony Hey
As Corporate Vice President of the External Research Division of Microsoft Research, Tony Hey is responsible for the worldwide external research and technical computing strategy across Microsoft Corp. He leads the company's efforts to build long-term public-private partnerships with global scientific and engineering communities, spanning broad reach and in-depth engagements with academic and research institutions, related government agencies and industry partners.
- Andrew Herbert
Andrew Herbert is Managing Director of Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK. Herbert took a BSc in computational science at Leeds University (1975), then worked on "A Microprogrammed Operating System Kernel" for his PhD from Cambridge University (1978). His research interests include computer networking, operating systems, distributed computing, programming languages and large-scale data driven systems.
- Richard Rashid
Richard 'Rick' Rashid currently oversees Microsoft Research's worldwide operations. Previously, he was the director of Microsoft Research. He joined Microsoft Research in 1991, and was promoted to vice president in 1994. In 2000, he became senior vice president. He has authored a number of patents in areas such as data compression, networking, and operating systems, and was a major developer of Microsoft's interactive TV system.
- Jim Kajiya
Jim Kajiya is a pioneer in the field of computer graphics. He is perhaps best known for the development of the rendering equation. Kajiya received his PhD from the University of Utah in 1979, was a professor at Caltech from 1979 through 1994, and is currently a researcher at Microsoft Research.
- Judy Gibbons
Judy has been ranked among the top 20 most influential European business women by the Wall Street Journal Europe for two successive years, and as one of Time magazine’s five "People to Watch in International Business". She was awarded the Microsoft Women’s Leadership Award in January 2003. Judy served on the main board of O2, the European mobile network operator, until its purchase by Telefonica.
- Steve Ballmer
Steven A. Ballmer is Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of software for personal and business computing. Ballmer joined Microsoft in 1980 and was the first business manager hired by Bill Gates . Since then, Ballmer's leadership and passion have become hallmarks of his tenure at the company.
- Bill Hilf
Bill Hilf is the general manager of Platform Strategy driving Microsoft's platform strategy efforts across the company. Bill's primary focus is to champion platform initiatives that cross these groups, while leading long-term strategy planning in the Windows Server and Tools organization.
- Nathan Myhrvold
Nathan Myhrvold is chief executive officer and founder of Intellectual Ventures, a private firm focused on the funding, creation and commercialization of inventions. Before Intellectual Ventures, Myhrvold spent 14 years at Microsoft Corporation where he retired in May 2000 from his position as chief technology officer.
- Marco Tarpi
Manager senior with experiences in Sales & Marketing, ICT and Organization management programs. My skill concerns General Management, ICT consulting strategy, Customer relationship, Sales and Marketing analysis and extended Supply Chain management. Important experiences have been developed in Program Management, B2B and B2C enviroment and CRM. I have covered managerial positions with direct responsabilities on international projects and innovation promotion activities. In the . . .
- Howard A. Schmidt
Howard A. Schmidt President & CEO, R & H Security Consulting LLC Howard A. Schmidt has had a long distinguished career in defense, law enforcement and corporate security spanning almost 40 years. He has served as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Security Strategist for online auction giant eBay.
- Stephen Lawler
Stephen Lawler General Manager of Virtual Earth Microsoft As general manager of the Virtual Earth Business Unit at Microsoft Corp., Stephen Lawler oversees all aspects of worldwide product development, program management, marketing and business development related to the Windows Live Local, Virtual Earth, MapPoint� Web Service, MapPoint CD-ROM, Microsoft� Streets & Trips, and AutoRoute� products.
- Josh Poulson
Ambitious, driven and resourceful business strategist and I.T. leader with an exemplary background in conceiving and developing unique initiatives to propel technology to the limit and optimize performance. Capable of tackling the most challenging I.T. issues and delivering results. Creative, recognized for keeping on the leading edge of technology and utilizing the latest applications and hardware. Results and performance driven, thrives in an environment of constant challenge and . . .
- Jas Sandhu
- Benoit Hamet
- Tal Saraf
I bring over fifteen years of experience managing teams as we design, build, ship, sell and service software at Microsoft Corporation. Experience working on four v1 through v2 product releases including three major releases of Speech Server as well as mobile software. Passion for creating great products that users will embrace and use whether these are mobile, desktop, server, web or custom solutions for corporate customers.
- Ron Markezich
Ron Markezich CIO, VP Managed Solutions Microsoft Corporation As CIO and Vice President of Managed Solutions at Microsoft Corp., Ron Markezich is responsible for delivering information technology (IT) services for Microsoft, as well as developing and delivering on new ways for customers to improve the operational efficiency and user productivity of their desktop environments.
- Ben Riga
- Peter Neupert
Peter Neupert Peter is currently the corporate vice president for Health Strategy at Microsoft Corp. Peter Neupert is responsible for Microsoft’s collaboration with the healthcare ecosystem to address global infrastructure issues of significant scale. Before rejoining Microsoft, Peter served as president and chief executive officer of drugstore.com Inc. from July 1998 to April 2001, and then as chairman of the board of directors from July 1999 to September 2004.
- Tom Hanrahan
Tom Hanrahan is director of Linux Interoperability at Microsoft Corp. Among his responsibilities are the development and maintenance of positive relationships between Microsoft and members of the open source community; co-managing the Microsoft and Novell Interoperability Lab in Cambridge, Mass.; and helping build interoperability into the design of Microsoft products.
- Juha Christensen
Software, wireless, consumer electronics, new ventures, product design and marketing
- Merle Tenney
Designer, developer, and evangelist of software for the international marketplace. Internationalized and localized platforms and applications on Windows, Macintosh, and Palm. Developed linguistically savvy tools for writers and translators in major world languages. Broad understanding of user requirements and enabling technologies for diverse languages and cultures. Lived in Europe and Latin America; worked extensively in Asia; proficient in Spanish and French. Open-minded and creative . . .
- Dave McClure
Dave McClure has been geeking out in Silicon Valley for almost twenty years as a software developer, entrepreneur, startup advisor, angel investor, blogger, & internet marketing nerd. He is an advisor or investor for Mint, Mashery, Simply Hired, TeachStreet, Oortle, CrazyEgg, SlideShare, Eventvue, RichRelevance, HealthUnity, & Canopy Financial. Dave is the conference chair for Graphing Social Patterns, and a co-chair for Web 2.0 Expo.
- Shreedhar Madhavapeddi
Deep Technical, Business & Partnership skills. Competitive analysis & strategic planning. I also managed a team of Program Managers in this role.
- Quentin Miller
- Thomas Colby
Thomas Colby Vice President of Strategic Alliances In his role as Vice President of Strategic Alliances, Thomas Colby leads @Road alliance efforts in the Americas. These efforts are part of the @Road global alliance and business development initiative, which aims to engage and form new strategic relationships for accelerated international business and long-term revenue growth. Mr. Colby has more than 20 years of experience in the software and telecommunications industries.
- Justin Ng
I work hard and play hard, like to tease and be teased, and enjoy quality time with friends and making new ones. If you don't live with mom, have nice shoes, want to rule the world, and love people watching on a Saturday afternoon while trying to recover from last night's party in Belltown, don't contact me. No really, we just have way too much in common, you'll fall in love and want to get married in Vegas. Then I'd never get rid of you.
- Michael Zammuto
Former startup president of multi-award winning ISV Sapago and CTO of Ecometry Corp. Featured on CNN/FN and over 2 dozen magazines including CIO Magazine, CFO Magazine, RFID Journal, and B2B Magazine. Joined Microsoft in September 2005. I lead release managment (project directors) in the Connected Systems Division which produces Windows Workflow Foundation, The .NET Framework, Active Directory, Indigo, BizTalk, Host Integration Server, RFID Services and many other exciting products.
- Todd Holmdahl
Todd Holmdahl Todd Holmdahl , Corporate Vice President of the IEB Hardware and Technology at Microsoft Corporation, is responsible for the design, engineering, testing, and manufacturing of all Xbox consoles worldwide. In addition, Holmdahl is in charge of compliance and corporate citizenship related to all Microsoft hardware products. Holmdahl has played an instrumental role in growing the Xbox program.
- Arnaud Fischer
Make a difference in the way many - really many - people live their day-to-day lives around technology. Search is the #1 "Web" applications, only second to eMail, the first "Internet" application. Search is the Internet OS!; I have been doing consumer search and online marketing for a while. I started with Lotus development (1-2-3) before the IBM acquisition, Microsoft during the good years, Altavista before the Yahoo! acquisition, Infospace when local search was hot, . . .
- Matt Kowalczyk
Currently starting a new internet company to help companies realize a new way to manage consumer resources.
- Peter Dixon
Peter Dixon A Senior Partner with Lippincott & Margulies, Peter Dixon is an architect with more than 10 years experience in corporate identity design. With expertise in the translation of business strategies into retail concepts, facility architecture, interior design and exhibitions, he has had extensive involvement in the development of all areas of the retail environment.
- Chris Satchell
Chris Satchell , general manager of Microsoft's Game Development Group, has questioned whether the Nintendo Wii has got what it takes to keep gamers' interests in the long run.
- Brian Benincasa
I'm just a regular guy with irregular personalities.
- Louise Ping
Lived in Seattle before for almost 10 years - lived in the Bay Area, CA, for a little over a year. So NOT a California girl. Born and raised in Metro-Detroit, I consider Seattle my home. Glad to be back. :)
- Dan Rood
TOP 10 OCCASIONS FOR SMOKING A CIGAR.
- Tony Audino
Tony Audino founded the Microsoft Alumni Network in 1995, and currently serves as Chairman of both MSA and MSAGF. Audino joined Microsoft in 1987, holding several management positions over the next seven years. In his role as the Director of Marketing for MS-DOS, he had worldwide product management responsibility for this $600 million business.
- Saumil Mehta
I grew up in Bombay, lived in the Midwest (Missouri) for four years while in college, ended up at Stanford University (California) for two more years, and am now living/working in Bay Area. I am an amateur standup comedian and am starting to hit up open mics around town.
- Chris Wilson
- Kirill Tatarinov
Kirill Tatarinov is the corporate vice president of Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) at Microsoft Corp. and oversees the MBS business, with responsibility for sales and marketing, R&D and operations. MBS develops and markets the line of Microsoft Dynamics products that manage financial, customer relationship and supply chain management functions for organizations of all sizes.