Cathy Palmer
Retired at Microsoft
Renton, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCathy Palmer is a seasoned software engineer and program manager with over 30 years of experience building high-performance systems, from kernel development on the Tera MTA and Red Storm to leading program management for Windows HPC and Azure big data services. She spent the bulk of her career at Microsoft, where she moved from HPC and research technology transfer into principal roles shaping Azure Data Lake and the Microsoft Quantum initiative, demonstrating a rare blend of deep systems expertise and strategic program leadership. Her background includes early AI work for Boeing (with a patented design) and advanced academic training including a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington. Known for translating research into production-grade platforms, she combines hands-on engineering chops with cross-team orchestration to bring complex, cutting-edge technologies into operational use. Now retired but still affiliated with Microsoft, she carries a track record of enabling large-scale scientific and cloud computing projects that few program managers match.
7 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at University of WashingtonBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Bradley UniversityMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at The Ohio State University
Github Skills (7)
quantum-computing10
azure10
development-kit10
qdk10
documentation10
microsoft8
python8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
cpalmer2020/quantum-docs-pr
Oct 2019 - Nov 2019
Sources of the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit documentation
Contributions:40 pushes, 3 branches in 7 days
development-kitquantum-computingquantum-development-kitquantummicrosoft
MicrosoftDocs/quantum-docs
Nov 2018 - Oct 2019
Public repo for /azure/quantum documentation. For private repo, see quantum-docs-private (MS FTE only)
Contributions:23 commits in 11 months
quantum-computingpublic-repoquantumazure
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