Responsible for features and bugs in the main server Dashboard application
So he's taking credit for the bugs, too?
Maybe not something I'd boast about.
It’s time again for more Windows 8 information based on the job resumes and portfolios of employees, as well as job ads placed by Microsoft itself. As I did previously in the last Windows 8 post I wrote like this, I’ve linked directly to the source for each item in quotes below. Some of these mentions are here just for the sake of continuity, but there is certainly some good information to be gleaned from what some of these people are saying. I’ve done all the leg work, so now it’s your turn to have a field day analyzing it all and coming to your own conclusions.
In no particular order of importance:
Windows 8
Member of the Hyper-V test team. Hyper-V is Microsoft’s Hypervisor Based Virtualization Platform. It is a component of Windows. Primary duties include
1. Feature testing of Hyper-V SQM components targeted for Windows 8 release using PowerShell, C# and .NET
2. Responsible for the complete test effort for a major new Hyper-V feature in Windows 8, which involves
o Test planning, documentation and implementation
o Contributing to key decisions related to the feature
o Driving an internal self-host program for the feature
o Ensuring that the feature passes Windows Application and Device compatibility, performance and other ship gates
Source: Puneet Arora
Focused on increasing reliability of Wireless drivers. Wrote stress tools to encompass true customer scenarios and decreased our driver failure from near 10% in OCA by at over %50.
Owned performance for Mobile Broadband (Wireless WAN) coverage for Win8. Developed performance matrix regarding connect times as well as capturing CPU cycle and power consumption of the devices and stack. Implemented tests and drove closure for issues uncovered.
Source: LinkedIn Profile
- Managing day-to-day business of Xbox Live
- Managed feature development for Windows 7 and Windows 8
- Worked in business development and spearheaded entertainment partnerships in Tokyo.
Strong: LinkedIn Profile
6) Identified gaps in the WebDAV in Vista and the changes needed to overcome these limitations. Designed and implemented some of these features in Win8
7) Led the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) initiative across Remote File System Team to identify design, servicing, diagnosis and test improvements in the Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Source: LinkedIn Profile
Ongoing: WW Operations lead for order management stream of MS Windows 8 release project and responsible for devising globally consistent, scalable operational processes to support the end-to-end product provisioning cycle. In addition to partnering with product engineering, policy, tax & legal groups, also managing key senior stakeholders to deliver the ordering process and system solution.
Source: LinkedIn Profile
Worked on Windows 7 (Windows Touch Team) and Windows 8 (Developers Experience Team)
Source: Kelvin Chan
• Apr 2009 - Present Microsoft Windows Clustering and High Availability Team (Cloud Services Division) Designing and implementing failover clustering UI and migration features for Windows 8
Source: LinkedIn Profile
Develop and maintain various versions of MSXML and XMLLite, which are robust, secure, reliable, compliant and high performance XML libraries shipped with Windows platforms (from Windows XP and Windows 8), and provide service packs and QFEs/Hotfixes.
Source: LinkedIn Profile
The Telemetry team is part of Windows Fundamentals. Its mission is to provide Insights to Windows teams and partners to improve the Windows ecosystem and lead to better Windows features. You can learn more about the critical role Windows Telemetry played in Windows 7 and the type of data collected by watching the keynote from Steven Sinofsky from PDC 2009.
• Worked with Windows feature and planning teams to bring insights into Windows feature usage through analytics
• Evangelized Windows Telemetry through the Windows org…
- Led training events for Windows 7 beta and for the Engineering Excellence Forum
- Maintained internal Telemetry blog
- Led revamp of partner facing site (and designed much of it)
- Provided instrumentation and reporting guidance to Windows teams for Windows 7
• Led Dev and QA to build reporting portal and reports for Windows teams using SSRS, SSIS, SharePoint
• Provided guidance in reorganization of Windows Telemetry team for Windows 8
Source: Sebastien Fouillade
Helped ship BitLocker Drive Encryption in Windows Vista and Windows 7. Currently working on file backup in Windows 8.
Source: LinkedIn Profile
Program Manager for Windows Next and Intel’s current products’ Graphic release drivers.
•Develop post-silicon validation test strategies, plans, and schedules; improve methodology and processes.
•Execute on the written test plans and procedures.
•Monitor progress against schedule; communicate status.
•Influence product release decisions with pertinent information.
•Work closely with domestic and international teams.
Source: Wilfredo Tabada
- Support Tool and Diagnostics Strategy
- Diagnostics Convergence
- Microsoft Win8 Support Requirements Lead
Source: Mike Brethauer
Service Ops I in Win8 Test Execution at Microsoft
Source: LinkedIn Profile
3. Wrote and owned the overarching plan for risk-ranked protocol-level security testing in Windows 8, and the long-term strategy and positioning for the further two products beyond, requiring coordination of contributions from dozens of disparate teams as well as external companies. This also necessitated driving improvements to internal tooling to increase participation and quality.
Source: David Christiansen
Delivered numerous updates/minor features during quality milestones for IIS Management features in Windows 8
Source: Brian Delahunty
- Windows Kernel team
- Windows 7 and Windows 8 releases
- C, C++, Win32, Feature design, Windows drivers, Test automation
Source: LinkedIn Profile
