Adam Foxman

About Adam Foxman

I\'m a Principal Engineer at Microsoft. I\'ve worked on a database engine, two virtualization systems, the ReactNative platform, and numerous online services. I have decades of experience with C, C++, and C#. I build highly concurrent and scalable software, leveraging the full range of hardware and OS capability. I enjoy being close to the metal, building backend systems that get every last bit of available performance.I bring people together to solve hard, ambiguous technical problems spanning organizational boundaries. I\'m a mentor, a coach, a cheerleader, and an empathetic listener. Strong teams are built on strong relationships, and I work to build both. People are *the* critical path when it comes to technology. Successful products come from organizations that have a relentless focus on quality & customer value, know where the risk is, adjust to change, and ship often.

Experience

1. Principal Software Engineer

   Microsoft

   Sep 2015 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Researched and developed AI prompts to automate service migration from Windows to COSMIC Linux, leveraging GitHub Copilot and Anthropic LLMs, reducing human engineering time from months to days• Lead a crew of 5 devs, modernizing 1,885 (68%) of Substrate’s C# projects to SDK-style with a Nuget/MSBuild toolchain, unlocking migration to.NET 8+• Optimized Office365 monthly updates, reducing runtime by 68% and eliminating network ingress costs (500+ MB/seat/mo) with P2P networking• Managed a team of 9 engineers delivering E+D privacy metrics, tools and services, achieving yearly poll results of 100% manager respect and 97% hybrid team effectiveness• Launched an open-source toolkit for ReactNative (57k views in 1 week), and presented at RNEU 2022 in Poland: “Changing ReactNative from within!”• Forged cross-company partnerships with industry leaders driving the ReactNative platform (Meta, Callstack, Expo, InfiniteRed)

Education

• Syracuse University

  Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering (Major) and Computer Science (Minor)

  1994 — 1998

Skills

• C#
• .net
• Software Development
• Virtualization
• Microsoft Sql Server
• C++
• Software Engineering
• Databases
• Distributed Systems
• Sql
• Scalability
• Cloud Computing
• Web Services
• Win32 Api
• Windows
• Perl
• Microsoft Technologies
• Xml
• Architecture
• Python
• Big Data
• Saas
• Java
• Unix
• Unit Testing
• Windows Internals
• Powershell
• Linux
• Ksh
• Perforce
• Tdd
• Ab Initio
• Performance Tuning
• Javascript
• Html/Css
• Jsp
• Gradle
• Groovy
• Guice
• Mockito