Richard Rashid

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Richard 'Rick' Rashid currently oversees Microsoft Research's worldwide operations. Previously, he was the director of Microsoft Research. He joined Microsoft Research in 1991, and was promoted to vice president in 1994. In 2000, he became senior vice president. He has authored a number of patents in areas such as data compression, networking, and operating systems, and was a major developer of Microsoft's interactive TV system.

Before joining Microsoft, Rashid was a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. He joined the faculty of Carnegie Mellon in 1979. While a faculty member, he performed research and published numerous papers and articles on topics such as networking, operating systems, artificial intelligence, and programming languages for distributed computing applications. His most notable work was on the Mach kernel.

In 2003, he was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering.

Rashid received his Master of Science degree in computer science from the University of Rochester. In 1980, he received a doctorate in computer science from the same university. He graduated from Stanford University in 1974 with degrees in mathematics and comparative literature.