He was the former senior executive Corporate Vice President of Windows Live and MSN at Microsoft,[2] acting as Steve Ballmer’s Chief of Staff for many years.
[3] He attended George Mason University as an Economics major in Fairfax, Virginia.
[4] In 2003, he became head of the team to steer Microsoft's David-and-Goliath battle against Linux.
[7] He spent the next several years helping redevelop Microsoft Windows software to better compete with Linux.
[8] The campaign mainly focused on cost of ownership,[9] but later included security, reliability, and interoperability.