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As corporate vice president of the Security Technology Unit (STU), Mike Nash led Microsoft’s efforts to provide customers with a more secure platform. Nash’s work on security was instrumental in helping the company’s vision to establish trust in computing to realize the full potential of an interconnected world.
Nash oversaw Microsoft’s security strategy and the ongoing efforts to provide a more secure platform strengthened by security products, services and guidance to help keep customers safe, and he also led the Security Engineering and Communications team and the Security Outreach team. The Security Engineering and Communications team works with the industry to deliver improved security, helps protect customers via the Microsoft Security Response Center, and implements the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) process across the company. The Security Outreach team focuses on satisfying the security needs of consumers, developers and IT professionals. This involves evaluating the security landscape, listening to customer needs, building strong partnerships across the industry, and ensuring proper security guidance is shared with customers and developers.
Prior to his role in security, Nash was corporate vice president of the Microsoft Content Development and Delivery Group, where he supervised the operation and content of Microsoft.com. He previously served as general manager of Business Windows Product Management, which includes Windows 2000, Windows NT, Systems Management Server, SNA Server, Proxy Server and other Microsoft infrastructure products. In this role, Nash was responsible for the launch of Windows 2000.
Since joining Microsoft in 1991, Nash also has held various positions in Windows marketing and was the first product manager on the original Windows NT marketing team. Before that, Nash was a project leader and software developer at Data General Corp., where he developed operating system kernel components and led a team involved in building PC integration software.
Nash holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science with honors from the Cornell University College of Engineering and an MBA with distinction from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Palmer Scholar. He lives in the Seattle area with his wife and three children. | 