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Amir Majidimehr is corporate vice president of the Consumer Media Technology Group within the Mobile and Embedded Devices Division at Microsoft. His team delivers Microsoft digital media technology to mobile operators and consumer electronics manufacturers, and owns Microsoft’s digital rights management and advanced media strategies, including HD DVD.
Prior to this role, Majidimehr was corporate vice president of the Windows Digital Media Division, and was responsible for delivering multiple versions of the Windows Media Player software that powers the audio and video experience for consumers in the Microsoft Windows operating system while providing an open platform for developers, content providers and service providers who build businesses around delivering digital media to PCs and other media devices. Under Majidimehr’s lead, the Windows Digital Media Division shipped industry-leading products, including Windows Media Player 11 with MTV’s new URGE music service, Windows Movie Maker, Microsoft Producer for Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP, Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition, and spearheaded the audio, photo and video features of Windows Vista.
Before joining Microsoft, Majidimehr held vice-president roles at VXtreme, a streaming startup acquired by Microsoft in 1997; Pinnacle Systems, and Abekas, makers of television effects/processing systems.
Before that, he led the development of high-performance workstations as senior director of engineering at the Sony Corporation | 