Feng Yuan

Co-Founder

Chehalis, Washington, United States35 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Ex-Software Performance Architect at Microsoft.
  • Creator of FrugalTips discussion group with 3,600+ subscribers.
  • Published author on Windows Graphics Programming.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Software Performance Expert with a strong background in Computer Graphics and Software Engineering.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software EngineeringComputer Graphics

Other Skills

Asp.Netserver side programmingBing appsCLRMulticore JITmanaged code performance optimizationParallel ProgrammingTPLVisual StudioWPFWindowsCodecsprinter driversXPSGDIGDI+

About

ex-Software Performance Architect at Microsoft Cloud Software Performance Expert Creator and Host of FrugalTips@microsoft.com discussion group with over 3,600 subscribers. Years ago, I worked on HP calculator firmware in Singapore and Corvalis, Oregon, with Diana being the manager, Charles being the architect, and Youwen being the test leader. Later Jitendra interviewed me to work for HP printers in Vancouver, WA. Ivan was my next manager at HP. After gaining enough experience and courage, I wrote a book about Windows Graphics Programming, with Jill being the editor while she was working for Prentice Hall PTR. The book knocked open Microsoft's door for me, ... Specialties: Computer Graphics, Win32, Printing, Document, XPS, WPF, GDI, imaging,

Experience

35 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
8 yrs 11 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

My bonsai nursery

Bonsai farmer

Jun 2025Present · 11 mos · Chehalis, Washington, United States · On-site

Self-employed

Goose farmer

Jul 2023Jun 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos · On-site

Microsoft

2 roles

Principal Performance Architect

Promoted

Jul 2022Jul 2023 · 1 yr

Principal Software Development Engineer

Apr 2001Jul 2022 · 21 yrs 3 mos

  • Azure Performance Team, August 2017 - Present
  • Office 365 Foundation Engineering
  • Asp.Net, server side programming
  • Bing apps (WinRT, Windows Phone, Silverlight, Tuxnet)
  • CLR (Multicore JIT, managed code performance optimization, .Net Native)
  • Parallel Programming (TPL, debugger, Visual Studio)
  • WPF, WindowsCodecs, printer drivers, XPS
  • GDI, GDI+
Asp.Netserver side programmingBing appsCLRMulticore JITmanaged code performance optimization+11

Hewlett packard

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 1996Apr 2001 · 4 yrs 10 mos · On-site

  • Printer drivers. Wrote the GDI book then.

Senior Software Engineer

Apr 1993Jun 1996 · 3 yrs 2 mos · On-site

  • APCD (notebook, palmtop, calculater, WinCE)

Nanjing university

Lecturer

Nov 1987Jun 1991 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Education

Nanjing University

Ph.D — Computer Science

Jan 1982Jan 1987

Shanghai University

B.E. — Electronics

Jan 1978Jan 1982

SuZhou No. 3 High School

High School

Jan 1975Jan 1978

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