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HUONG T. NGUYEN

SummaryIm a product manager with 7 years of experience building and shipping enterprise software andconsumer product used by millions of people across popular devices and platforms.

As a product manager on SkyDrive, I designed intuitive sync experience that significantly improveuser experience for the Windows sync client. Orchestrated the SkyDrive rebrand to OneDriveacross Windows and other Microsoft products.

As a product manager in Windows Server, I partnered with multiple teams to build streamlined UIfor complex systems, and shipped features that simplify Windows server management tasks for ITadministrators.

As a member of Cloud and Enterprise division Women Leadership Council, I drove initiatives forcareer development and built a strong community of support for women.

Im passionate about growing teams where I can work with talented, passionate, principled and fun loving

people to create desirable user experience, and to continuously learn and grow as a person and a productleader.

ExperienceMicrosoft, Redmond, Washington 2007 to Present - Product Manager, Windows ServerOneDrive (formerly known as SkyDrive) for Windows Provided competitive analysis, and proposed a framework for increasing customer engagement that

was adopted by the team. Partner with Windows engineering system, and other Microsoft product owners to rebrand SkyDrive

to OneDrive. Shipped OneDrive rebranded with Windows 8.1 Update 1 to 55 million Windows users.

Designed and delivered sync controls and shared folder UX for Windows 8.1 OneDrive modern app to1.5 million users.

Fabric Management portal prototype for Windows Server vnext Collected customer and competitive data analysis to create compelling scenarios for Windows Server

vnext. Effectively managed dependencies throughout the technology stack, including the Azure UX

framework and System Center products. Delivered the prototype as planned and identified the risks for Windows Server vNext.

Server Manager in Windows Server 2012

Partner with Remote Desktop Services, File Services, and IP Address Management teams to build endto end scenarios that simplify IT admins tasks . Delivered Server Manager cmdlets, dashboard, task execution, tracking and notification model on

time and shipped with 5.7 million units of Windows Server in 2012. Presented Server Manager in Tech Ready 13 and Tech Ready 14 and received great feedback. Server Manager received great feedback from Windows Server 2012 reviewers.

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Server Migration Tools in Windows Server 2008 R2 Designed and led the implementation of the Server Migration Powershell cmdlets. Worked with Windows Server teams to produce migration guides for Windows Server 2008 R2 using

the Server Migration cmdlets, with 3 million download to date and average rating of 4.14 out of 5.

Remote Server Administration Tools for Vista and Vista SP1 Worked through complex licensing issues and got management approval for the project. Managed the project and release process for 15 partners; shipped RSAT to the Microsoft Download

Center in 17 server languages with 137,607 downloads to date.

Server Manager in Windows Server 2008 Quickly ramped up and drove the partner integration with 5 Windows Server role teams. Shipped server management features for those teams with 4.95 million units of Windows Server 2008.

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 2006Master Thesis in Human-Computer Interaction: Tabletop Games as Social Catalysts

Designed and developed a game for touch tables that encouraged people to collaborate in publicspaces.

Education & awards 2 gold stars at Microsoft - awarded to top performers BS/MS - Computer Science/Human-Computer Interaction, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,

2006

Leadership activitiesServer and Tools Women Leadership Council (WLC) at Microsoft 2012 Present Member of the WLC board help make Microsoft a better working environment for women.

Drove Women Learning Circle FY13 and Women PM Mentoring Circle FY13/FY14.

Women in Manageability Service and Platform (MSP) at Microsoft 2006 2011 Organized networking activities for women in MSP.

Skill Project Methodologies: Waterfall, Waterfall-Agile hybrid, Agile Software development: XAML Modern Application, Rich WPF application, 3-tier web application Tools: Microsoft Project, Microsoft Product Studio, Microsoft TFS