David Mendlen
David Mendlen | |
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| Occupation(s) | Executive Technologist |
| Known for | General Manager at Microsoft |
David Mendlen is an American technologist and executive. Mendlen is a General Manager at Microsoft and is the Executive Producer of the Decoded Show.[1] He earlier served as the speechwriter for Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and former CEO Steve Ballmer and, among other assignments, wrote Gates’ last speech and Ballmer’s first as CEO.[2] Mendlen has keynoted conferences including DEVintersection. Mendlen has contributed articles to The Next Web.[3]
Career
[edit]In 1998 Mendlen joined Microsoft as Lead Product Manager for Visual Studio.NET.[4] Subsequently he served as Senior Director of Windows Product Management.[4] Today Mendlen is the General Manager of Microsoft's Developer Experience (DX) division, focusing on securing the future of the platform by building a rich third-party application ecosystem.[5] The Developer Experience team is intended to be the company's public face among the techie set.[6]
Decoded Show
[edit]In 2016, Mendlen introduced as Executive Producer the Decoded Show, with Microsoft Technical Fellow John Shewchuk as Host.[1] The show offers regular insight into developer focused topics with interesting people from the industry.[7] The Decoded Show has hosted speakers including actor Kevin Hart[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Join us for Microsoft GM Dave Mendlen's Webinar on Digital Transformation". sociable.co. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ^ "Exit Interview: Dave Mendlen, Senior Director of Visual Studio". MSDN Magazine. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ^ "David Mendlen, Author at The Next Web". The Next Web. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ^ a b Scannell, Ed. "Accenture boosting Microsoft .NET with developer tools". Retrieved 13 June 2001.
- ^ Corbett, Craig (2017-02-10). "Rise of the Content Machines: How Blogs Became a Secret Weapon". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ^ "Meet the guy in charge of convincing people that Microsoft isn't evil". Business Insider. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ^ Williams, Owen (2016-03-03). "Microsoft finally 💖's open source: A chat with npm's founder". The Next Web. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ^ "Celebrity backed startups". StartUp Beat. 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2017-10-26.