Chandigarh boy makes it to Microsoft top rung
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Chandigarh: It’s ‘Balle Balle’ time for Sikhs in the US. And this time, it’s for city-born Gurdeep Singh Pall. Chunnu to family and friends, Gurdeep has become the first Sikh to reach the top echelons of Microsoft. He has been appointed corporate vice-president Microsoft, Real Time Collaboration Group, based at Microsoft corporate headquarters in Redmond.
He is responsible for developing Microsoft’s strategy in the Real Time Collaboration space, including the emerging Integrated Communications and VoIP areas.
The pay package? Mum’s the word from Gurdeep, but sources in the city said that it’s over $1 million per year.
Speaking to TNN exclusively from the US, Gurdeep named Bill Gates as his inspiration, especially after he got to work with Gates on some projects.
“I consider my interactions with Bill and some other senior leaders in the company as the biggest benefits. Bill Gates has also personally advised me and helped shape my career over the last few years,”said Gurdeep.
An alumnus of St John’s High School here (he studied here from Class IV to VI), 38-year-old Gurdeep’s journey to the top started when he joined Microsoft in January 1990 as a software design engineer after completing masters in computer science from University of Oregon.
Soon, Gurdeep become a part of the Windows NT development core team working on the first version NT 3.1 in 1993 as a software design engineer and then all the way through Windows XP in 2001 as general manager of Windows Networking.
During his work on Windows he lead design and implementation of award winning technologies like PPP, TCP/IP, VPNs, Routing and WiFi. He co-authored the first VPN protocol in the industry Point to Point Tunnelling protocol, which received the prestigious Innovation of the Year award from PC Magazine in 1996.
Gurdeep became general manager of Windows Real Time Communications in January 2002 and helped develop a broad RTC strategy which led to the formation of Real Time Collaboration division and acquisition of Place Ware Inc (now called Microsoft Office Live Meeting).
He is responsible for developing Microsoft’s strategy in the Real Time Collaboration space, including the emerging Integrated Communications and VoIP areas.
The pay package? Mum’s the word from Gurdeep, but sources in the city said that it’s over $1 million per year.
Speaking to TNN exclusively from the US, Gurdeep named Bill Gates as his inspiration, especially after he got to work with Gates on some projects.
“I consider my interactions with Bill and some other senior leaders in the company as the biggest benefits. Bill Gates has also personally advised me and helped shape my career over the last few years,”said Gurdeep.
An alumnus of St John’s High School here (he studied here from Class IV to VI), 38-year-old Gurdeep’s journey to the top started when he joined Microsoft in January 1990 as a software design engineer after completing masters in computer science from University of Oregon.
Soon, Gurdeep become a part of the Windows NT development core team working on the first version NT 3.1 in 1993 as a software design engineer and then all the way through Windows XP in 2001 as general manager of Windows Networking.
During his work on Windows he lead design and implementation of award winning technologies like PPP, TCP/IP, VPNs, Routing and WiFi. He co-authored the first VPN protocol in the industry Point to Point Tunnelling protocol, which received the prestigious Innovation of the Year award from PC Magazine in 1996.
Gurdeep became general manager of Windows Real Time Communications in January 2002 and helped develop a broad RTC strategy which led to the formation of Real Time Collaboration division and acquisition of Place Ware Inc (now called Microsoft Office Live Meeting).
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