The man behind Microsoft's Expression
eWeek | at | by Mike
Forest Key is leading Microsoft into uncharted territory for the software giant: the land of professional design tools. After years of continual leadership in the developer tools space, Microsoft is marching in with a set of tools for designers, having announced its Expression suite last month.
Key, who is director of product management for Microsoft's design tools, is indicative of the new breed of Microsoft employee. He is steeped in the designer world and has worked as both a creator and a user of the technology. Key previously worked at Macromedia which has since been acquired by Adobe Systems, one of the primary companies Microsoft will be competing with in its new pushon the Flash platform.