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Cordell Jones
Group Program Manager, Microsoft
Location: Renton, WA United States
Joined: Feb 27th, 2013

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Cordell is a Group Manager at Microsoft. Derek received a B.S. in Computer Science from Tuskegee University. During his long tenure at Microsoft, Cordell has worked on wide range of products, technology, and services used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. The technology can be found in Windows, Internet Explorer, Windows Live, Outlook.com, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Exchange Windows Server and Azure. Cordell�s skills and specialties include software engineering, software design for user experiences and web services and management & mentorship of technical staff. Cordell is currently responsible for the vision and direction for software services in Visual Studio Platform that focus on globalization of software for developers as well as providers web services for documentation and other related content.

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Education (request update)

Tuskegee University class of 1996

Undergrad Major: Computer and Information Science

High School: Lee High School in Huntsville, AL class of 1991

Experience

I currently work with Microsoft as Group Program Manager
I have 16 years of experience working in the Computers, Software industry.

Group Program Manager, Windows Information Experience Platform | Microsoft Corporation
From December 2011 to Current • 15 year(s)
Responsible for vision and direction for software services in Visual Studio Platform focusing on globalization of software for developers and web services for documentation.

Lead Program Manager, Windows Web Services | Microsoft Corporation
From September 2009 to Current • 17 year(s)
Lead definition of key customer scenarios and user flows, driving team through implementation of seamless Windows client-to-web experience.

Lead Program Manager, Windows Hardware Innovation Team | Microsoft Corporation
From August 2008 to November 2009 • 1 year(s)
Identified opportunities for breakthroughs in PC hardware and software, directing team to develop innovative software leveraging hardware advances.

Lead/Group Program Manager, Windows Networking and Developer Platform | Microsoft Corporation
From May 2008 to August 2008 • 0 year(s)
Oversaw multiple teams within Windows Networking and Developer Technologies, developed program managers and delivered projects on time.

Lead Program Manager, Microsoft Office Excel | Microsoft Corporation
From May 2003 to May 2005 • 2 year(s)
Directed 1/3 of Excel 2007 development team, delivering high-quality solutions including new XML-based file format and multi-threaded calculation engine. Received 6 patents.

Lead Program Manager / Program Manager, Microsoft Exchange | Microsoft Corporation
From January 2001 to December 2003 • 2 year(s)
Supervised Exchange SDK Team and Solutions Team, increased SDK usage by 38% in 2002 and managed collaborative solutions between Exchange and other applications.

Software Test Lead, Microsoft Publisher | Microsoft Corporation
From January 1999 to December 2001 • 2 year(s)
Led test team to release product to Web 1 week early, managed integration of new drawing layer and achieved 95% customer satisfaction rating.

Software Test Engineer, Microsoft Publisher | Microsoft Corporation
From January 1996 to December 1999 • 3 year(s)
Tested commercial printing features, contributed to first Publisher release with professional-grade commercial printing and dramatically improved testing efficiency through automation.

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