Alright, it’s time for another trip down LinkedIn! This time, we’re heading back to the land of Windows 8 to see if there is anything new for us to dig up. Luckily, there appears to be plenty. Now, before I go into all of this, I’d like to remind all of you of the caveat that goes along with these LinkedIn posts: It’s very easy to create a fake LinkedIn profile and make it look genuine, so while most of what’s to follow is probably genuine, the potential is there for all of it to be fabricated. With that said, below are quoted passages from people’s profiles where Windows 8 is a point of mention. Below the quoted passages are links to the source profiles they’re derivative of.

Though some of the mentions below are ridiculously generic (I included them simply for the sake of including them), there are a couple of interesting mentions, such as the Windows 8 Runtime Experience Team and the Windows Desktop Graphics Team. Check ‘em out:

Worked as a Program Manager on the Desktop Graphics Team in the Windows Group. Responsible for documenting and analyzing a vast set of products and their interactions with each other. Also, analyzed these connections and how the products worked in order to determine problem areas and investigated how to correct these problems over a Windows 8 timeframe.

Source: Windows 8 on LinkedIn

Working in Windows Core Operating System Division. Design, develop and maintain automation for Windows Resource Monitor, Task Manager, System Monitor, MSConfig in Windows 7 and Windows 8 to ensure shipping product with high quality.

Source: Windows 8 on LinkedIn

Design and develop of several Windows 7 core libraries for the Font Managment System (C++ and C#). Currently participating on the Windows 8 planning process. Investigating, evaluating and proposing new features and prototypes.

Source: Windows 8 on LinkedIn

Windows 8 Test Sign-off Project Manager

Source: Windows 8 on LinkedIn

Windows 8 Planning.

Source: Windows 8 on LinkedIn

Working in the Deployment group of the Windows Core Operating Systems Division, I lead a team of SDETs working on a key technology used by a number of the deployment platforms (Setup, Windows Update, etc.). I manage the day-to-day assignments, strategic direction, and career development of the individuals on my team. I have 4 developers working here in Redmond and 2 additional at the Microsoft Canada Development Center in Richmond, British Columbia.

I am presently working on the Windows 7 release and expect to be working on Windows 8 as soon as this release is complete.

Source: Windows 8 on LinkedIn

I have joined the Windows 8 Runtime Experience team.

Source: Windows 8 on LinkedIn

Windows 8, Windows User Experience — Live Social and Media Experience

Source: Windows 8 on LinkedIn

Sept 2009 – Now: Windows 8 security
Oct 2007-Aug 2009: Driving and conducting Windows 7 Security Pentest for SDL Compliance

Source: Windows 8 on LinkedIn

Working with the Managed Services Development (MSD) team in support of the Microsoft Update (MU), Windows Update (WU) and Windows 8.

Source: Windows 8 on LinkedIn

Product Management and Marketing duties for Windows 7 and Windows Genuine brand. Product planning and market research Windows 8. Also helped launch Microsoft incubation product – SLPS (Software Licensing and Protection Services).

Source: Windows 8 on LinkedIn

Worked on possible Windows 8 features.

Source: Windows 8 on LinkedIn

Overall, nothing too terribly exciting, but it’s more than nothing, I suppose…

-Stephen
http://www.msftkitchen.com