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Redmond, WA-based Microsoft has Promoted Mark Russinovich as Chief Technology Officer
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At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our mission is grounded in both the world in which we live and the future we strive to create. Today, we live in a mobile-first, cloud-first world, and the transformation we are driving across our businesses is designed to enable Microsoft and our customers to thrive in this world. We do business in 170 countries and are made up of 144,000 passionate employees dedicated to fulfilling our mission of helping you and your organization achieve more.
About the Person
Mark Russinovich is Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft Azure, Microsoft’s cloud computing platform. He is also a Technical Fellow in the Microsoft Azure Group working on Microsoft’s cloud platform. He is a widely recognized expert in operating systems, distributed systems, and cybersecurity. Russinovich is the author of two cyberthrillers, Zero Day and Trojan Horse, co-author of the Microsoft Press Windows Internals books, and co-author of the Sysinternals Administrator’s Reference. He joined Microsoft in 2006 when Microsoft acquired Winternals Software, the company he cofounded in 1996, as well as Sysinternals, where still he authors and publishes dozens of popular Windows administration and diagnostic utilities. He is a featured speaker at major industry conferences, including Microsoft TechEd, RSA Conference, BlackHat, and BUILD. Mark earned a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University
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