Rich Bray is the general manager of the Unified Communications Group atMicrosoft, where he oversees product development, marketing, and business development for Microsoft Speech Server. Bray is a Microsoft veteran, and has spent his career driving new businesses forward. His first role was as an evangelist with the Multimedia Systems Group, where he served as a key member of the team responsible for making Windows the primary platform for multimedia software development. In 1992, he joined the consumer division as a product manager for Microsoft Money, eventually rising to general manager of the desktop finance division and building the group’s revenue from less than $2 million to $22 million worldwide. Bray was then promoted to vice president of MSN North America, managing advertising sales, marketing, and business development, as well as the regional P&L. During his tenure in this role, MSN doubled its advertising revenue and achieved profitability as a business unit. Bray joined the Speech Server team in January 2005. Bray holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Stanford and a master’s degree of business administration from Harvard University. He lives with his wife and three daughters in Bellevue, Wash. |