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S SOMASEGAR

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S. Somasegar is a Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group.After a nearly 27-year long career at Microsoft and most recently heading the Developer Division at Microsoft, Soma joined Madrona in November 2015.As a Managing Director at Madrona, Soma focuses on key investment areas including Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence,Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality next generation cloud infrastructure and intelligent applications.During his long and successful career at Microsoft,Soma led the company's Developer Division and was responsible for the Visual Studio and .NET family of products that enable tens of millions of developers to build applications and services for client,server, mobile and cloud platforms.Soma was also responsible for Microsoft's R&D labs in Boston, China, India and Israel. Soma joined Microsoft in January 1989 and contributed to eight releases of Windows before leading Developer Division.Soma has been an active angel and seed investor both in the U.S. and globally. With investments spanning across both enterprise and consumer segments,Soma has focused on early stage investments across a wide range of technology areas.Soma holds a Master's degree in Computer Engineering from Louisiana State University and a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Guindy Engineering College, Anna University in Chennai, India. Soma also received an honorary doctorate from Anna University for accomplishments in the fields of Technology and Computer Science.In 2008, he was presented the Asian American Engineer of the Year Award.Soma lives in the Seattle area with his wife and they have two daughters. .