Mark Russinovich

Mark Russinovich is a Technical Fellow, Microsoft’s highest technical position, in the Windows Core Operating System Division. He is a member of the core team that provides architectural direction and oversight across Windows, with a focus on security and virtualization. Mark is currently working on the technical direction and architectural plan for future versions of Windows. He also continues developing tools for the Windows Sysinternals web site, the most popular TechNet sub-site with 2 million downloads per month. Mark consistently delivers the top-rated sessions at major IT and developer conferences including Microsoft TechEd, TechReady and WinHEC. Mark is coauthor of the Windows Internals book series (published by Microsoft Press), the definitive work on the internals of the Windows operating system. He has also written dozens of magazine articles and serves as contributing editor for both Microsoft TechNet and Windows IT Pro magazine. Mark joined Microsoft in 2006 when the 85 person company he cofounded ten years earlier, Winternals Software, was acquired along with Sysinternals. At Winternals he was Chief Software Architect, defining the business and technical direction for the company. Mark has a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.