Chandigarh: Chandigarh-born software engineer Gurdeep Singh Pall has been named as the corporate vice president of Skype, a popular and free international voiceover and messaging service, by Microsoft Corporation, its developer.
Mr Pall, 46, studied in Chandigarh's St John's school before completing his engineering degree in computer science from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, and is working as corporate vice president at Microsoft Corporation. He is heading the information platform and experience team in Microsoft's new applications and services division.
According to the Microsoft website, Mr Pall has more than 20 patents (in process or approved) in networking, VoIP and collaboration areas.
The first Sikh to reach the top management of Microsoft, he joined the company in January 1990 as a software design engineer.
Named one of the "15 Innovators & Influencers Who Will Make A Difference" in 2008 by Information Week, he co-authored "Institutional Memory Goes Digital", which was published by Harvard Business Review as part of Breakthrough Ideas for 2009 and subsequently presented at the World Economic Forum 2009 in Davos.
Mr Pall, 46, studied in Chandigarh's St John's school before completing his engineering degree in computer science from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, and is working as corporate vice president at Microsoft Corporation. He is heading the information platform and experience team in Microsoft's new applications and services division.
According to the Microsoft website, Mr Pall has more than 20 patents (in process or approved) in networking, VoIP and collaboration areas.
The first Sikh to reach the top management of Microsoft, he joined the company in January 1990 as a software design engineer.
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Named one of the "15 Innovators & Influencers Who Will Make A Difference" in 2008 by Information Week, he co-authored "Institutional Memory Goes Digital", which was published by Harvard Business Review as part of Breakthrough Ideas for 2009 and subsequently presented at the World Economic Forum 2009 in Davos.
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