Program Manager

Managed design, implementation and release of new Desktop Search “Start/Search” Pane for Windows XP. Worked with Design, Usability, and Developers to ship on time and per design. Localized for 32 languages.
Managed design and implementation of Semantic Language based “Smart Search”.
Owned security and privacy aspects of Desktop Search as well as other cross team/company features.
Drove full lifecycle development of new Windows Media Player feature that allows different downloadable music providers (MSN, Napster, etc) to integrate their service into the player. Included back end development design, front end UI, secure data management tool and cross team integration.
Developed Media Search for Windows Media Player 9 and windowsmedia.com. Worked with designers, management, 3rd party vendors, and internal business partners to develop and release this new feature with the player.
Responsible for release and management of the music shopping experience across a variety of different windowsmedia.com and Windows XP and related properties.
Managed the development and release of our internal tracking and reporting system supporting windowsmedia.com and other related web properties.