From: asim mitra [asim_mitra@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 11:52 AM To: jfawcett@twcny.rr.com Subject: Re: Hi from Fawcett Hello Sir, How are you doing? I am sorry for the late reply. I was down with flu for the last few days. But I am much better today. It's a great honor for me that you would like to put my profile on your site. I have written a few paragraphs below. Please feel free to edit as you feel appropriate except the last two paragraphs. They come from deep within the heart. Also please feel free to post my email address on the site. Otherwise, I am doing quite well here. Quality of work and the work atmosphere is exactly the same as in Redmond. The only difference is that here I have a much lower profile compared to my last almost 2 year stint as security PM for Internet Information Services. Hyderabad (that's the town where Microsoft is located) is quite a sleepy place with not much activity, compared to the other Indian metros or the US. But I am making new friends here and gradually discovering things here. :) Rest all fine Regards Asim MY “NOT SO BRIEF” WRITE-UP ========================== Hi, I graduated from Syracuse University in December 2000. Presently I am a Program Manager in Microsoft's Enterprise Storage Division, based out of Microsoft's Development Center in India. Prior to my moving back to India in November 2002, I was the Program Manager for ASP (Active Server Pages) and also the Security Program Manager for IIS (Internet information Services). Over the last three years that I have been associated with Microsoft (counting my internship too), I guess I have been handling a wide range of challenges. As an Intern PM, I designed a solution which increased the number of static and parked web sites supported by IIS 5.0 from a few thousands to over a million. As the full time PM for ASP, I was responsible for ensuring that ASP works faster on Windows Server 2003 and also for ensuring that ASP.NET integrated seamlessly with IIS 6.0. As the Security Program Manager for IIS, my primary goal was to ensure that IIS 6.0 that ships with Windows Server 2003 was rock solid. In addition I have also designed and managed the release of various security tools to lockdown Windows 2000 and NT4 servers. My job also involved, traveling to a lot of conferences and seminars where I would talk about Windows Server and IIS security and show people how some simple coding errors can snowball into major security disasters. After a very eventful two years in Redmond I decided to move back to India for personal reasons. These days I am working with 4 feature teams in the Storage Division, trying to design a better storage solution for Microsoft and its partners. Before I came to SU, I had worked for two years mostly on mainframes using COBOL and CICS. I knew C pretty well, but C++ was quite alien to me. It was Dr. Facett's courses that made me ready and confident for facing a Microsoft interview. Out of the 21 optional credits that we could take 12 of them were Dr. Fawcett's courses. The OOD course that we took in Spring is the best course I have ever attended in my life. I still remember the day when I received an email from Microsoft inviting me to Redmond for a whole day of interviews. I was happy but at the same time confused on how I should prepare for the interviews because I was not aware of any person who had worked towards a PM's position before. But Dr. Fawcett is always there whenever you need him. He immediately took me to the campus bookstore and hand picked books for me which he thought would help me prepare for my interviews. Those books and Dr. Fawcett's guidance got me in. :) I absolutely love my Job and my organization and I would not have been here, had I not met Dr. Fawcett @ Syracuse University. He is my Favorite Professor. >From: "Jim Fawcett" >To: >Subject: Hi from Fawcett >Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 08:42:21 -0400 > >Hi Asim: > >How are things in India? I hope all is well with you and your family. > >I have a request. I've put together a graduates page on my web site >and would love to get a couple of paragraphs about your work >experiences for MS there and if possible a digital photo. I will add >these to the page, but will not put your contact info there, unless you >request me to. I think it would be interesting to other students from >India to see how a former student has fared moving back. > >You can see what others have submitted by checking out the link below >my name. Just click on the graduates link on the home page. > >Regards, Jim Fawcett >http://www.ecs.syr.edu/faculty/fawcett > _________________________________________________________________ Bridge gaps. Reconnect with old friends. http://www.batchmates.com/msn.asp On batchmates.com