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John Shewchuk

American technologist and executive From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Shewchuk is an American technologist and executive. Shewchuk is a Microsoft Technical Fellow, a position which he was chosen for by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.[2][3] He is the Host of the Decoded Show.[4] Shewchuk is the founder of the .NET Services team[3] and he was responsible for creating Azure AD.[5]

OccupationsExecutive
Technologist
EmployerMicrosoft
KnownforTechnical Fellow at Microsoft.[1]
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John Shewchuk
OccupationsExecutive
Technologist
EmployerMicrosoft
Known forTechnical Fellow at Microsoft.[1]
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Career

In 1993 Shewchuk joined Microsoft as Group Program Manager, and he then served as Software Engineer and Distinguished Engineer.[6] Today he serves as the Head of Commercial Software Engineering team at Microsoft, focusing on building a third-party application ecosystem[7]

Education

Shewchuk received his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Union College and his master's degree in Computer Science from Brown University.

Decoded Show

In 2016 host John Shewchuk and Executive Producer David Mendlen introduced the Decoded Show.[8] The show offers regular insight into developer focused topics with interesting people from the industry.[9] The Decoded Show has hosted speakers including actor Kevin Hart[10]

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