Chris Guzak
Software Engineer at Microsoft Corporation
Kirkland, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolChris Guzak is a seasoned software engineer with 12 years of professional experience based in Kirkland, Washington, and a strong foundation from dual degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Washington. Currently at Microsoft, he focuses on low-level Windows API and C++ work, contributing to notable open-source projects like the Windows Implementation Library (WIL) where he added registration cookie types, debugger-wait features, and COM apartment support. Chris combines practical systems programming expertise with attention to developer ergonomics—fixing Intellisense warnings and refining move-correctness—demonstrating care for both correctness and tooling. He’s comfortable shipping back-end infrastructure enhancements that improve stability and debuggability, and brings a pragmatic, detail-oriented approach honed over a long tenure in a large engineering organization.
12 years of coding experience
BS Electrical Engineering; BA Computer Science, BS Electrical Engineering; BA Computer Science at University of Washington
Github Skills (10)
com-port10
c-language10
ws-api10
cprogramming-language10
winapi10
wp-api10
com-object10
co10
error-handling9
winrt8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/wil
May 2019 - Nov 2022
Windows Implementation Library
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:137 reviews, 15 commits, 50 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Chris's contributions center on enhancing the Windows Implementation Library (WIL), primarily by adding new functionalities and fixing existing issues. The user implemented a new `unique_ro_registration_cookie` type, corrected intellisense warnings, and reverted a previous change related to move-correctness. Furthermore, the user added a feature to wait for the debugger and introduced a COM apartment variable. This work demonstrates expertise in the Windows API and related C++ programming practices.
windowswindows-service
ChrisGuzak/Win32XamlApp
Jun 2021 - Feb 2023
Using Xaml in the Win32 app model using DesktopWindowXamlSource
Contributions:1 review, 56 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 7 months
xamlwin32windows
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