Welcome to my little piece of the Internet homestead...
It seems like everyone has a blog, so I figured it was worth throwing my hat into the ring and make my musings available for public consumption.
As you've likely gathered, I am a Microsoft FTE. I'm a product manager in the recently formed Enterprise Access and Security Products group within the Windows Server Division. My specific area of responsibility is Windows core networking. This includes the TCP/IP stack and related features/capabilities (e.g. IPsec, Server and Domain Isolation, IPv6, Scalable Networking and QoS). I also get to dabble in things like Network Access Protection and the Windows Firewall.
My background spans both development and marketing across networking and security. I joined Microsoft back in March 2004 as part of the Security Business and Technology Unit (now called the Security Technology Unit). After an 18 month stint as an executive communications manager for Mike Nash and Rich Kaplan, I rejoined the ranks of product management this past July, by joining Windows Server Product Management Group.
Before that, I worked for Computer Associates (now "simply" known as CA) in eTrust Security unit. I was the product and business manager for eTrust Antivirus, an evangelist/strategist and, most recently, the Director of CA's Security Response. I have to admit, it's refreshing to not be on call 24 hours a day, 365 days as a member of the anti-malware world. And, before all that, I was a developer on CA's Unicenter platform. Sadly, I was such a "great" developer, they moved me into marketing :)
Although I'm fairly new to the art of blogging, I tend to post to the Windows Server Division's blog on various networking topics. Here's a sampling of a few recent ones:
Even though I have spent the last 5 years or so in marketing, I still consider myself a serious technologist. Fortunately, my friends and family keep me busy with supporting their home networks and I get to play with a lot of real cool stuff at work.
I've also managed to become quite the mobile phone junkie since coming to MS. Since moving out to Seattle, I've gone through 5 phones...three of which have been Windows Mobile devices. When I was at the US IPv6 Summit in December, we learned that my latest Windows Mobile 5.0 phone (the imate K-JAM) can obtain an IPv6 address. I can't wait until this v6 stuff becomes more widely adopted.
Well, it's certainly an interesting time in the world of Windows networking as we ramp-up to launch Windows Vista. We've completely redesigned the TCP/IP (the most significant update since the Windows 95 time) and its impact on the way enterprises and consumers interconnect is going to be hugely positive. I suggest taking a look at a recent "The Cable Guy" article that offers insights on what's changed and how we expect it will improve your net experience.
See you around the blogosphere...
Ian
