Michele Banko, Senior Research Software Development Engineer.
Michele is part of the Query Understanding team within Microsoft Advertising Research and Relevance. This team develops models and algorithms that reflect user intent of Bing queries in the context of advertising. By doing so, they aim to make advertising more efficient for both advertisers and consumers.
Michele’s team consists of nine applied scientists and...
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I moved to the Bay Area from the Midwest after I graduated from college hoping to pursue a career in a more expanded job market. I have a degree in Business-Sociology from a small liberal arts college and I had originally planned on going into Human Resources. Shortly after I arrived in Silicon Valley my career path changed when I found a vendor position at Microsoft with the Global Criminal Compliance Team.
Global Criminal Compliance is a team...
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Christina Koehn is a UX Designer for Bing. Her team’s mission is to create a beautiful, usable and memorable experience for Bing. They also strive to be one step ahead of the competition in the search space, and create innovative design solutions that go above and beyond the traditional paradigms of search engines. Christina’s role on the team is to design and drive implementation of visual systems across Bing. Christina commented that...
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I joined Bing Design team in April of this year (2011) as a user experience and visual designer. The design team works directly with user research and editorial to create the visual presentation and user experience of bing.com (including, that beautiful, interactive, home page). For 2 years prior to joining Bing, I was a contract designer for Microsoft’s Interactive Experience Business creating information + publication design – ...
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My name is Lisa, and I am the test manager for the Ad Platform Business Intelligence team. I have been with Microsoft for 7 years and have been with the Ad Platform BI team for the past three and half years. I worked in the Exchange Server team for 4 years since joining Microsoft. Prior to that, I worked in IBM as a Java JDK developer for 5 years in Austin, Texas. I currently manage the Ad Platform Business Intelligence...
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Anshu Khurana gives us a glimpse of what her life is like with 2 children under the age of 4 while she balances a successful career as a Sr. Product Marketing Manager in advertising with the Online Services Division (OSD). Many of us in OSD know what it’s like to balance our professional and personal life. Read more about Anshu’s story here on Microsoft’s JobsBlog.
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My name is Mira and I’m a UX lead. I drive the prototyping and UX PM effort within the Design team on Bing. My team of developers and PMs help validate design and concepts through working prototypes. We also drive UX thinking on framework features across the Bing experience.
I’ve worked at Bing for 5 years (previously as Live Search) and have seen it evolve from a pure relevance-focused organization to one that recognizes great...
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Yes, really! My name is Carri and I am the Director of Sourcing Operations within the Data Center Services team here at Microsoft. I have been in the Seattle area for 15 years, working organizations with hard-core manufacturing and supply chain focus. When you think of supply chain, companies such as Starbucks, Amazon, Boeing, PACCAR, etc. all come to mind, but not usually Microsoft.
Wow! I was surprised when I...
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I have been working as a user experience and visual designer for Bing since
October 2009. Over the past year and a half, I have gotten to help redefine the
visual look and feel of the product, as well as drive design for several
innovative new features. I see search as a very exciting area to work in because
of the opportunity that I have to organize and visualize the world’s information
in new, more meaningful ways. I think Bing design will...
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Our advertising team is working to deliver unique digital advertising experiences to key audiences. Natasha is the Director of Global Insights and Analytics for Microsoft Advertising. She discusses a topic that is near and dear to her heart: Multi Screen Moms. Learn about how Moms use their digital devices and what unique advertising opportunities this creates. You can view her blog entry and webcast here. Are you a...
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