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Microsoft Corporate Vice President, Technology Policy

Biography

I head Microsoft's Technology Policy Group, whose role is to help shape Microsoft's long-term vision for technology innovations and the company's associated policy engagement with governments and institutions around the world.

Previously, I was the founding director of the Renaissiance Computing Institute (RENCI) at the University of North Carolina, the Chancellor's Eminent Professor, and Senior Advisor for Strategy and Innovation. Before that, I was head of the Department of Computer Science, Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor, and Director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois.

I have served as a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) and chair of the Computing Research Association (CRA).

See http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/Reed/ for details on me at Microsoft.

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technology policy, spectrum and communication, innovation, clouds, geek toys, cloud computing, multicore processor architecture, science policy, computing education, international competitiveness, research tools and techniques, multidisciplinary collaboration, large-scale data centers, exascale computing, technology strategy