Welcome from David Cross: Who I Am and What I Do Around Here
I wanted to first introduce myself
to the community as an upcoming contributor for the BIEB (Because Its
Everyone's Business) blog. My name is David B. Cross and I am
currently the Product Unit Manager for the
ISA Server and
Forefront TMG (Threat Management Gateway)
engineering organization. For many of the community who do not know me, I
have worked in various security teams and roles throughout the company for
almost 12 years. Previous to my current role, I spent 8 years in the
Windows Security organization of the company working in several notable areas
such as PKI, smartcards and Kerberos authentication. If anyone is
interested, Jeff Jones posted an
interview with me a few years back: My team and
I also maintain a
product
team blog
which we discuss not only the upcoming TMG release, but also interesting
support and technical issues facing the community. I am excited to be
participating in the coming days and months to share my perspective and
learning's from our customers about how Forefront and the
Business Ready Security approach really is unique in the
industry and changes the game for many IT professionals around the world.
David B. Cross
Product Unit Manager
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About David_Cross
David Cross is the Product Unit Manager of the Forefront TMG (Threat Management Gateway) organization focusing on security design and engineering in the ISD (Identity and Security Division) of Microsoft. He joined Microsoft in 1998 and has made significant technical and architectural contributions to Microsoft products such as Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Windows Server 2003/2008 and Exchange Server 2003. David spent his first two years as a senior consultant in Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) prior to joining the Windows division as a Program Manager in the Windows Security team. David has held roles as Group Program Manager and Director within the Windows Security team since joining in September of 2000. In addition, David has been a contributing author on a number of whitepapers and Microsoft Press books regarding Microsoft security and PKI. Prior to joining Microsoft, he spent two years as a Project Manager and Senior Architect with the Microsoft Solution Provider/Partner community and five years active duty with the aviation electronic warfare community of the United States Navy. David has spoken at over 100 internal and industry conferences around the world including TechEd, RSA, ITForum, PKI Forum and NISSC. David holds a B.S. in Computer Information Systems as well as an MBA in Management Information Systems. David enjoys both reading and extensive leisure travel as hobbies with his wife of 9 years.
