“Marcus is an incredibly special leader. Throughout my 5 years at Microsoft, I have reported to many high-performing group managers, yet Marcus has stood out to me the most for his ability to communicate product vision, motivate the team even during rough times (eg. successfully shipping one of Microsoft's key products, Cortana, and persevering when others thought it couldn't be done), and truly caring about every individual in his organization. No matter how junior you are, he trusts and empowers you to make product decisions and offers 1:1 guidance when needed. I have grown the most as a PM while on his team. One of my favorite memories at Microsoft was when Marcus dressed up as Clippy to a normally serious shiproom, convincing senior leadership to accept an important bug. The work environment he creates is inspiring, effective, and just plain fun. I know many--including myself--who would work for Marcus again in a heartbeat.. If you ever get the opportunity to collaborate with him, you'll understand why :)”
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I'm happy to share that I'm hiring another Senior Software Engineer to join my team. Please take a look and share with any qualified candidates you…
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Hi, friends! In today’s episode of The Design Vault, we continue our conversation with @Steve Kaneko on the development and impact of the Microsoft…
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Experience
Education
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Stanford University
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Activities and Societies: National Society of Black Engineers
Studied communication systems and digital signal processing
Passed the qualifying exams for entrance into the Ph.D. program
Awarded a 3 year NSF fellowship
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Activities and Societies: National Society of Black Engineers, Resident Advisor, Black Electrical Engineers and Computer Scientists, Eta Kappa Nu
Graduated Summa Cum Laude in Electrical Engineering with a focus on communication systems and digital signal processing
Served as a resident advisor to students for 2 years
Tutored students in a variety of engineering topics for 3 years
Licenses & Certifications
Projects
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Cortana
Cortana is the world's best and most personal digital assistant available across your devices
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