About
Ian Obermiller is a research software development engineer at Microsoft and a hobby open source developer. Ian, and his wife Olivia, live in Renton, Washington.
Microsoft
Here at the mothership I work at Microsoft Research in the Mobile Computing Research Center. My team is researching new and awesome things to incorporate into the next version of Windows Phone, and I'm working on Azure-based services for mobile app developers. I love what I do, and working for Microsoft has all sorts of perks, not the least of which is being able to work and communicate with thousands of really intelligent people. Getting to test beta and earlier products is certainly up there as well!
Washington
What a beautiful place to live! The Puget Sound area is certainly not as dismal and cloudy as everyone makes it out to be. Most days, the view from my office in Bellevue is astounding, and the greenery that is everywhere makes even a morning commute a pleasant experience.
Education
I graduated summa cum laude from Marquette University with an Honors Bachelors degree in Computer Science. In addition to taking a full load of credits and coding on the side as a web developer, I also worked in the Ubicomp Lab. The lab focuses on wireless, pervasive computing. For more information, including a look at some of my publications, check out my research.
For Fun
When I am not on the computer for work related activities I enjoy catching up on tech news, discovering new tips from Lifehacker, coding various utilities, programming for the TibiaAPI open source project, and learning new programming languages and techniques. Outside of the digital world, I love spending every waking moment with my wife, snowboarding, reading, cooking, watching TV series, and occasionally hitting the gym.