Microsoft's Cloud OS Dream Team: Who's Who

by Mary Jo Foley | February 24, 2009 8:23am PST | Image 1 of 9

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Amitabh Srivastava - Corporate Vice President, Windows Azure

Microsoft hand-picked a core group of top engineers to develop its Red Dog operating system that is at the heart of its Azure cloud-computing platform. Here's the who's who list of the technical talent behind Red Dog.

Srivastava is Red Dog's top dog. He was encouraged by CEO Steve Ballmer and Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie in 2006 to spearhead Microsoft's cloud-computing initiative. Srivastava joined Microsoft in 1997 as a Senior Researcher and led the Advanced Development Tools group in Microsoft Research He was instrumental in building and leading Microsoft's Programmer Productivity Research Center (PPRC). He joined the Windows team in 2003 and was put in charge of redefining the engineering processes for Windows Vista. He was responsible for the development of core OS components, including the kernel, Os architecture and advanced development tools. Before joining Microsoft, he was Chief Technical Officer and VP of engineering with TracePoint Technology, a Digital Equipment spinoff. Like other members of the Red Dog team, he was part of Digital's Western Research Lab.

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