Jeffrey Snover, Microsoft

Jeffrey Snover is the Partner architect for Windows Manageability at Microsoft. He is the inventor of Windows PowerShell, Microsoft's next generation Automation/Scripting technology. Jeffrey has spent the majority of his 27 years in the industry focused on the problems of network and systems management. Prior to coming to Microsoft in 2000, Jeffrey was an architect in the CTO office at Tivoli and was the development manager for NetView. Jeffrey was also a Consulting Engineer and development manager at Digital where he led various network and systems management projects. Prior to that he worked on networking protocols at Apollo Computer, MUMPs at Greystone Technology and process automation at Storage Technology Corporation.