Simon Tao
Principal Program Manager Lead at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Tao is a Principal Program Manager Lead at Microsoft with 11 years of experience driving graphics and imaging platform work across Windows and Xbox. He blends deep technical expertise in digital imaging, color science and computer graphics with strong program leadership—setting priorities, coordinating cross-functional releases, and shipping low-level APIs like Direct2D and Windows Imaging Component. Known for influencing developer-driven teams through clear communication and empathy, he also authors documentation, samples and internal evangelism to raise engineering velocity. A hands-on contributor to Win2D examples (including visual effects like "Burning Text"), he pairs C++ and C# fluency with practical product management chops to turn complex graphics research into production features.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Electrical Engineering, BS, Electrical Engineering at Yale University
Github Skills (4)
csharp10
user-interface10
dotnet-core10
xaml10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/Win2D
Oct 2014 - Nov 2015
Win2D is an easy-to-use Windows Runtime API for immediate mode 2D graphics rendering with GPU acceleration. It is available to C#, C++ and VB developers writing apps for the Windows Universal Platform (UWP). It utilizes the power of Direct2D, and integrates seamlessly with XAML and CoreWindow.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 39 comments, 1 issue in 1 year
Contributions summary:Simon primarily contributed to the ExampleGallery, focusing on implementing UI elements and visual effects within the Win2D framework. They added a "Burning Text" example and made several improvements including comment fixes. Other contributions included color adjustments to existing demos for better legibility and the addition of a camera effect demo.
windows-runtimeimmediate-moderuntimeaccelerationwindows-universal
13thsymphony/Toys
Sep 2014 - May 2016
Contributions:26 commits, 6 pushes in 1 year 8 months
toywindowswin2d
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