About Me

Welcome to my blog. I am Product Unit Manager of the UI Framework and Services team at Microsoft, which is responsible for framework technologies such as ASP.NET, Windows Forms, and Atlas.

I have been involved with ASP.NET for almost six years. I first started working with ASP.NET as a Developer Lead designing the ASP.NET mobile controls. I then joined the ASP.NET team as Software Architect, and got to design and prototype some of the new features in ASP.NET 2.0, such as adapters, themes, and the configuration system. Most recently, as Group Program Manager of the Web Platform and Tools team, I had the privilege of leading the PM team responsible for designing both ASP.NET and the web development tools in Visual Studio, including Visual Web Developer. I've been at Microsoft for over eight years, and am still excited every day by the new challenges and opportunities to ship great products for our customer community, and by the chance to work with an amazing group of people.

Before joining Microsoft, I spent several years working at a company called Astound (formerly Gold Disk), working on cool presentation and multimedia software for Windows. It was a great place to really learn Windows inside out, experience life as a Windows developer, and build great software in small teams. Although Astound has since been acquired, and much of what we did is history, it lives on thanks to the web.

Outside work, I spend most of my time with my family - my wonderful wife Maryanne, and my two daughters, Acacia and Kyra. Being originally from India, I also have an avid interest in the sport of cricket, and an obsession with trains - the Indian Railways in particular.

I graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1994 with a degree in Computer Science. Waterloo has a great co-op education program, and I was very lucky to have internships at IBM and Microsoft (working on the first version of Windows NT!).

Disclaimer

This is my personal site on the web, and the views expressed here are my own. They do not represent the views of my employer or anyone else, except by coincidence or luck.