About

I’m Brandon, and this my personal website/blog. I’ve lived in the Seattle area since 2005, but originally hail from upstate New York. I sometimes write about technology, politics, local concerns, and whatever else catches my attention.

I’m a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft, where my current role is Architect in the Office Product Group working with an amazing team on Microsoft Editor and Word Copilot.

My previous work covered a range of topics including: how we apply web technologies in the Windows product to deliver more modern, connected, and agile user experiences while maintaining or improving on fundamentals such as performance and reliability; empowering Windows feature teams to leverage Machine Learning in service of their customers, and leading both the culture and capability of scientifically rigorous experimentation into how the Windows organization operates.

Before returning to Microsoft in early 2016, I spent some time in the startup work – most notably as the CTO of Zealyst. You can read a bit more about that here.

In the past I’ve had a medical software start-up, worked for 8 years as a developer at Microsoft, and spent a year designing and building apps like Tweetium and Newseen for my B-side Software business.

Throughout my prior tenure at Microsoft I worked primarily on the Windows User Experience team. While there I was responsible for the Search experience and parts of the Windows 8 app model, which would later be renamed the “Universal Windows Platform”. Preceding that, I worked on the Windows 7 shell + File Explorer, and Windows Desktop Search (originally “MSN Desktop Search”).

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