User:IKing

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I am Ian Sebastian King. My employment is with Microsoft Corporation, where I have worked for nine years; my current work is management of quality assurance and testing for the MSNDirect SmartWatch and the Smart Personal Objects platform. Over the years, I have worked in system-level software (test development manager for the Windows CE OS core), online services (including the original Microsoft Network and the TransPoint online bill presentment and payment system), interface (Speech API v5, the first to be produced outside of Microsoft Research, and shipped in Office) and research and business management.

My previous employment includes early microcomputer companies, an independent telephone company, numerous law firms and an attempt to pursue a career in classical music as an opera and concert singer (I'm a classically trained lyric baritone).

Outside of my day job, I ride motorcycles, and I am active in motorcycle rights as the president of Washington Road Riders Association. This takes me both to Olympia and Washington, DC to work for motorcycle safety, education and equity issues.

My most important job in life is being Daddy Of Rachael, my daughter of nearly five years. She, her mother and I live in the Wedgwood neighborhood of Seattle, together with two cats (Perseus and Orion) and two birds (which I call the "Cat Toys").

In my copious spare time, I play with my collection of mid-70s DEC minicomputers, supporting UNIX 6th Ed., 2.11BSD, RSX-11, RT-11, Ultrix 4.2, OS/8 and VMS 7.2 on original hardware (PDP-11s, PDP-8s, DECstations and VAXstations). There are a few other classic systems in there as well (e.g. A/UX on a Mac IIsi, although I'm NOT a Mac guy).

I have two more years in the PMP, and I'm delighted to be here.