Oct 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

• Currently, I lead the Web Infrastructure and Globalization team, which is spread across multiple locations including Redmond, WA, Vancouver, BC, Prague, Czechia, and Bucharest, Romania. This diverse team focuses on various features, such as client configuration and flighting. We enable users to customize and personalize Teams with Globalization features. Our efforts extend the user base from the native desktop client to browsers and progressive web apps (PWA). Additionally, my team and I are involved in cutting edge AI projects for both internal developers and customers.

Jun 2019 – Oct 2023 · 4 yrs 4 mos

• As a Principal Engineer within the Microsoft Teams organization, I played a crucial role in establishing objectives and contributing to the rewrite of the Team client application, transitioning from AngularJS to modern modular components utilizing React, GraphQL, and Apollo.
• During the COVID-19 pandemic, Teams became crucial for remote communication worldwide. I contributed significantly by scaling services and enhancing performance reliability to support its rapid growth and meet user demands.
• I directed my focus towards enhancing the configurability and adaptability of the client to serve our diverse user base, including consumer and enterprise customers, as well as highly secured government environments. Additionally, I focused on enhancing the client start experience, ensuring a responsive and swift user interface, while providing comprehensive instrumentation and monitoring during this vital application launch phase.
• Throughout my career, I have consistently supported and mentored my peers, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.

Oct 2016 – Jun 2019 · 2 yrs 8 mos

• As part of the Microsoft Teams Framework organization, I contributed to the development and optimization of both frontend and web service components for Microsoft Teams. My role involved enhancing the frontend application, written in Angular and TypeScript, with focus on accessibility features, feature flighting, authentication, and app orchestration. Additionally, I worked on the frontend web service, ensuring seamless version management and flighting of the web client for different platform and targeting different user bases.

Oct 2015 – Oct 2016 · 1 yr

• For Windows Phone 10, I served as the technical lead for rewriting the Calling application as a Universal Windows Application (UWP), ensuring compatibility across mobile devices, tablets, and desktops. Additionally, I contributed to transitioning the People application to the Universal Windows platform using XAML and C#, focusing on delivering a seamless user experience while maintaining performance and reliability. These roles required me to collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, optimize application performance, and uphold the critical reliability standards expected of phone functionalities.

Feb 2012 – Sep 2015 · 3 yrs 7 mos

• As a Software Engineer on the Windows Phone Calling Team, I contributed to the development and release of Windows Phone 8 and 8.1, focusing on the Calling application and Telephony services that interfaced with the cellular/modem layer of the phone. I utilized Splash, an internal Microsoft UI language, based on XML and C++, to build smooth and high performant user interfaces.

Oct 2008 – Feb 2012 · 3 yrs 4 mos

• The Microsoft Envisioning Center is an innovation lab at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, dedicated to exploring the future of work and digital collaboration. The center serves as a space for prototyping emerging technologies, with a focus on workplace productivity, artificial intelligence, and interactive communication tools. Featuring cutting-edge concepts like interactive walls and adaptive digital workspaces, the Envisioning Center fosters experimentation to anticipate future trends in technology. It brings together interdisciplinary teams to develop immersive experiences that seamlessly integrate into professional environments, helping shape the future of how people work and connect.
• As part of this initiative, I collaborated with a multidisciplinary team of designers, software engineers, product managers, and researchers to bring these prototypes to life. Together, we combined technical expertise, creative vision, and user-centered design principles to develop groundbreaking interactive solutions. Our collective efforts focused on refining functionality, usability, and integration, ensuring that each innovation met the evolving needs of modern workplaces while pushing the boundaries of digital interaction.