Dave is also the architect for the Windows Academic Program, developing both the WRK package and ProjectOZ. Previously Dave managed kernel development for Windows, starting with the Windows 2000 release. Dave joined Microsoft in 1996, after earning his Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering at UC Santa Barbara developing the SPACE project with Prof. John Bruno. His prior industry experience includes serving as Vice President of Software Engineering at Culler Scientific Systems, consulting for various companies on UNIX kernel internals, and working as a systems architect at Burroughs corporation designing hardware and writing microcode for the B1900.