Director of Microsoft Research's Redmond lab to retire
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Dan Ling, who has led Microsoft Research's Redmond lab for most of its existence, says he will retire this month after 15 years with the company.
His retirement is slated to be announced Tuesday at Microsoft Research's annual TechFest event. The company plans to name as Ling's successor Henrique "Rico" Malvar, a Microsoft distinguished engineer who has played a key development role in areas including the company's Windows Media audio and video technologies.
Ling, 53, a Microsoft corporate vice president, was among the first computer-science researchers brought in by the company when it was building Microsoft Research in the 1990s. The Redmond lab, the research division's largest, has expanded to about 300 people during Ling's 12 years at its helm.