Glenn Block

Current

• Program Manager - .NET FX at Microsoft
• Organizer at ALT.NET Seattle Chapter

Past

• Technical Product Planner at Microsoft Patterns and Practices
• Senior Product Planner at Microsoft
• Principal Architect at Streamline Solutions

• Senior Software Engineer at Global Factory
• Senior Software Engineer at Sourcecorp
• Programmer at Cendant

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Website

Glenn Block’s Summary

Industry expert with broad enterprise software development experience including architecture and system design. Strong proficiency in designing software frameworks and infrastructure. Driver of technical strategy for small and large organizations. Professional speaker who has presented at both industry and community events.

Glenn Block’s Specialties:

Agile practices, Architecture, Design patterns, Driving Technical Strategy, Program Management, Product Planning

Glenn Block’s Experience

• Program Manager - .NET FX

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  Developing the new Managed Extensibility Framework for .NET 4.0

• Organizer

  ALT.NET Seattle Chapter

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; GOOG; Internet industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Co-organized monthly ALT.NET Seattle chapter.
  - Arrange monthly meetings
  - Procure meeting space
  
  Co-organizer for ALT.NET Seattle 2008 conference
  Lead organizer for ALT.NET Seattle 2009 conference.

• Technical Product Planner

  Microsoft Patterns and Practices

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

  April 2007 — June 2008 (1 year 3 months)

  • Drive the technical strategy for the Client Software stack including Web Client, Smart Client and Mobile Client software factories.
  • Product Owner for Composite Application Guidance for WPF
  • Work with our enterprise customers and ISVs through their implementations
  • Innovate, Innovate, Innovate!

• Senior Product Planner

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  January 2006 — April 2007 (1 year 4 months)

  • Determine strategy and direction for developer e-Learning.
  • Drive the vision and development of developer titles.
  • Engage with various product groups at Microsoft to partner on content development.
  • Promote new Microsoft technology to developers globally.

• Principal Architect

  Streamline Solutions

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  May 2003 — December 2005 (2 years 8 months)

  • Lead the design and development of an internal software framework.
  • Migrated internal systems from VB6 to .NET 2.0
  • Managed internal and offshore teams.

• Senior Software Engineer

  Global Factory

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Semiconductors industry)

  January 2002 — April 2003 (1 year 4 months)

  • Developed a web base enterprise supply chain solution for the semiconductor industry
  • Designed BI and Reporting web components
  • Designed web based workflow tools

• Senior Software Engineer

  Sourcecorp

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Printing industry)

  March 1998 — December 2001 (3 years 10 months)

  • Technical lead for development teams based in New York, San Francisco and Connecticut.
  • Designed financial systems for Metlife, ChaseMellon Bank, and Oppenheimer funds generating over $5M in annual revenue.
  • Designed custom High Performance Computing solution for processing financial data.
  • Developed eTrac patented production tracking system.
  • Developed integrated high-speed scanning solution.

• Programmer

  Cendant

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CUC; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 1996 — March 1998 (1 year 10 months)

  • Designed direct mail solutions.
  • Developed internal systems.

Additional Information

Glenn Block’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Website

Glenn Block’s Interests:

New technology,Mountain Biking,Hiking,Religion

Glenn Block’s Groups:

MCP, ALT.NET

•    ALT.Net
•    Linked:Seattle
•    UX Professionals
•    Microsoft Employees

Glenn Block’s Honors:

2000 Outstanding Software Development
2006 Cross Group Ambassador
2008 Microsoft Gold-Star Award

Glenn Block’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch