John Manferdelli

General Manager - Microsoft Corporation

Biography

As General Manager, John Manferdelli is responsible for providing the strategic direction for the development of Microsoft’s Trusted Platform Technologies.  Before that, he was a Senior Researcher and Architect at Microsoft. His professional interests are cryptography, operating systems, emerging technologies, combinatorial mathematics, digital rights management and other security and privacy related technology.  Prior to Microsoft, John was the a founder, and at various times  Vice President of R&D and CEO of Natural Language Incorporated, which was eventually acquired by Microsoft.  John has also held many senior level technology positions at TRW, Lawrence Livermore National Labs and Bell Labs and taught at Stevens Institute of Technology.  John has his BS in Physics from Cooper Union for the Advancement of Arts and Sciences, and a PhD from the University of California at Berkeley.

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