Steve M.

About Steve M.

I\'m currently a Software Engineer at Microsoft, where I work on SharePoint Online\'s Engineering Velocity team.Prior to this, I was a software engineer at a variety of companies, including several game companies (Cavedog and Kesmai), Microsoft, and Expedia. I transitioned to Program Management at Expedia, where I worked on payments, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, bookings, and RSS feeds. At Microsoft, I\'ve been a Program Manager for Windows Live Messenger, then transitioned to being a Program Manager working on Business Intelligence systems for Windows Services, with a focus on data quality and analytics.I enjoy solving problems - looking at data and systems with a fresh perspective, and coming up with innovative approaches towards solutions.Specialties: Business Skills: Requirements analysis/gathering, translating high-level business goals into functional requirements, working with development teams to get product shipped successfully.Technical Skills: C++/C#/C.NET, SOAP, Python, and a bit of Java.Areas of Proficiency: Data Analysis, Business Intelligence, Payments, GUI, Web Services, Client-Server, Tools, Object-Oriented Design, Security

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer

   Microsoft

   Jan 2007 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   May 2015-present: Software Engineer on SharePoint Online\'s Engineering Velocity team.November 2012-May 2015: Software Design Engineer on OneDrive team, focusing on deployment services, tools, and flighting.February 2011-November 2012: Data Sciences PM for Windows Services, focusing on data quality and analytics. Specifically, I\'ve worked on investigating and driving improvements in data being fed into our analytics pipeline; working on engagement and clustering models for Microsoft properties; working with partners on their data needs; and writing ad-hoc queries as needed against large data sets to provide needed business intelligence.July 2010-February 2011: PM on Bing Shopping team, focusing on machine learning and UI experience improvements. March 2009-July 2010: PM on Live Platform Services Infrastructure team. Focus: Business and Customer Intelligence, Data Warehousing.October 2007-March 2009: PM on the Messenger Server team. Projects included: distributed data centers, business continuity planning, and a new client-facing protocol.

Education

• University of Virginia

  BS, Computer Science

• Indiana University Bloomington

  Master's degree, Computer Science

• Indiana University Bloomington

  MS, Computer Science

• University of Washington

  Certificate, Software Product Management

  2004 — 2005

Skills

• C++
• E-Commerce
• Scalability
• Software Engineering
• Agile Project Management
• Server Architecture
• Big Data
• Program Management
• Software Design
• Business Intelligence
• Data Quality
• Web Applications
• Agile Methodologies
• Software Development
• Python
• Scrum
• Software Project Management
• Video Games
• Java
• Analytics
• Web Services
• Data Analysis
• Object Oriented Design
• .net Framework
• C#
• .net
• Architectures
• Data Mining
• Data Warehousing