Tony Chen

Software Engineer

Bellevue, Washington, United States32 yrs 1 mo experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founding member of Xbox Live, driving online gaming growth.
  • Architected Xbox One security, preventing hacking and piracy.
  • Pioneered Pluton hardware integration for Windows security.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Gaming and Security Architect with extensive experience in online services.

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ScalabilityDistributed SystemsSoftware EngineeringWin32 APIAgile MethodologiesC#Software DesignSoftware Development.NETC++Object Oriented DesignAlgorithms

About

Retired Software and Security Architect with following achievements at Microsoft: 1. Served as a founding member of Xbox Live and helping build it from the ground up into the billion-dollar business that kickstarted the online gaming trend. 2. Architecting and coordinating extensive security work for Xbox One that launched in 2013, which became the first game console in history that has never been hacked to achieve piracy or cheating. 3. Convincing all SoC vendors to add Pluton hardware for all Windows client devices, enabling Microsoft Windows to anchor its trust in the SoC hardware.

Experience

Microsoft

8 roles

Partner Software Engineer

Promoted

Sep 2014Dec 2025 · 11 yrs 3 mos

Principal Development Lead

Jan 2011Sep 2014 · 3 yrs 8 mos

  • Xbox security

Director of Engineering

Jan 2009Jan 2010 · 1 yr

  • Expand Xbox Live into China

Live Service Group Architect

Mar 2007Jun 2008 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Xbox Live Architecture

Architect

Promoted

Feb 2007Oct 2009 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Architect of Live Service Group in E&D

Development Manager of Xbox Live Services

Jun 2005Feb 2007 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Xbox Live Development

Xbox Live Developer

Promoted

Sep 2000Jan 2005 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Redmond

NetShow Developer

Jul 1997Sep 2000 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Redmond

Vxtreme

Development Lead

Mar 1996Jul 1997 · 1 yr 4 mos · Mountain View CA

Silicon graphics inc

Software Developer

Feb 1995Mar 1996 · 1 yr 1 mo · Mountain View CA

Lawrence berkeley labs

Staff Scientist

Jun 1992Feb 1995 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Berkeley CA

Education

University of Maryland

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) — Computer Science

Jan 1987Jan 1992

National Taiwan University

Bachelor of Science (BS) — Electrical Engineering

Jan 1982Jan 1986

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