Kirkland, Washington, United States
I've been professionally architecting and building applications and components since 1975. My specialty is in designing high-scale, reliable, and secure distributed cloud-based computing systems. I've authored many developer books and given many presentations on C/C++, Win32, .NET, C#, and WinRT, threading, cloud system, etc. I also have several decades of business experience.
Partner Software Architect working on the GitHub Copilot service on GPU scheduling algorithms
Software Engineer on the Azure Service Fabric team
Spent 8 years on the .NET CLR/C# teams. Also spent several years working on Azure, Windows, C/C++, VIsual Studio teams.
I helped run the company (hiring, firing, business decisions, etc.). Also architected & built the http://WintellectNow.com/ cloud service. Taught/consulted on many topics including C/C++, Win32, .NET/C#, Microsoft Azure, and designing & building scalable applications and components.
Responsible for the Win32 Q & A column, .NET Q & A column, and Concurrent Affairs column. I also wrote many, many feature article over the years.