Rao Remala

Mr. Remala worked as Director, Microsoft Corporation, USA and was the 29th employee and the first Indian to write code and give shape to the ubiquitous Microsoft Windows program.
In a 21-year period with this Microsoft, he directly reported to Bill Gates and worked on a slew of the company's best known products - Basic, Cobol Compiler, Windows 1.0, Windows 2.0, OLE 1.0, OLE 2.0, Office 95, Office 97.
He held a range of positions from individual contributor, to Group Manager, to Product Unit Manager and finally Director and was an integral part of the team that virtually defined the personal computing industry.
Before Microsoft, he worked at DCM, Computer R&D center and then at Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL).
Remala is currently an angel investor and philanthropist.
Mr. Remala has a Master's degree in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur India and a Bachelor's degree from REC Warangal College with highest honors in the engineering program.