I was born in Spokane Washington where as a kid I was encouraged to climb radio towers and take things apart. OK, the radio tower thing wasn’t really encouraged, but there was always something to dismantle.  I graduated from Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, where I studied Industrial Psychology and Human Resources. Since then, I’ve been fortunate to work with some fantastic companies in different sectors and now Microsoft – best yet by far!

I’m currently a Staffing Manager in the Windows/Live Division where I help lead a group of fantastic Recruiting folks who find game-changers like you.  Lots of great business puzzles to take apart, and once in a while we even get a radio tower to climb.
 

As a Staffing Manager in the Windows/Windows Live Division, I have the opportunity to see broadly across what’s going on with the Windows Division. Additionally, I sometimes get a glimpse into how our efforts connect to other Microsoft business units around the world, which is great, especially if you’re the kind of person who took apart a Rubic’s Cube just to see how it works. So, I jump at any chance to get an even bigger or different perspective of Microsoft as a whole.

Yesterday, I walked over to the 2010 Microsoft Product Fair which was held at the Soccer Field on the Redmond Campus. Yep, there’s a soccer field right in the middle of campus. The Seattle Sounders have come out a few times and practiced here; last year Nate Jaqua signed a poster for my son and mentioned that he really liked the field – I guess That’ll Do. Anyway, back to the Fair:

It’s a bunch of tents, big tents, with folks from different businesses and teams showing off the newest developments in their products or services, many I recognized and a few that I only knew on a superficial level.

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