Microsoft ex-director joins S7 Software

BANGALORE: S7 Software Solutions, a provider of cross-platform migration and porting products and services, today announced that Angel Investor and ex-director of Microsoft Corporation, Rao V Remala would be a key investor in the company.

Remala has also joined the company’s Board of Directors and Advisory Panel.

“I am really excited to be associated with S7 Software Solutions and I think the company is a unique vendor. They have a great potential to be the best in the cross-platform porting and migration space. Besides investing in the company, I will be very keen on working on strategies to take S7 to the next stage,” Remala said.

Remala was the 29th person and the first Indian to write code and give shape to the ubiquitous Microsoft Windows program. In his 21-year period at Microsoft, he directly reported to Bill Gates and worked on a slew of the company's best known products - Basic, Cobol Compiler, Windows 1.0, Windows 2.0, OLE 1.0, OLE 2.0, Office 95 and Office 97.

He held a range of positions from individual contributor, to Group Manager, to Product Unit Manager and finally Director and was an integral part of the team that virtually defined the personal computing industry. Before Microsoft, Remala worked at DCM, Computer R&D center and then at Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL). Remala is currently an angel investor and philanthropist.

Remala has a Master's degree in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and a Bachelor's degree from REC Warangal College with highest honors in the engineering program.

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