George A Spix

George Spix is the Chief Architect in the Consumer Platforms Division of the Microsoft Corporation. He also serves on the board of the Digital Audio Video Council (DAVIC), the Information Infrastructure Standards Panel (IISP), the Commerce Department’s Computer Systems’ Security and Privacy Advisory Board (CSSPAB), and a National Research Council (NRC) study focused on trusted computing systems. Mr. Spix joined Microsoft in 1993 as the director of multimedia document architecture. He was responsible for the Advanced Consumer Technology Division’s multimedia tools efforts and early third-party tools acquisitions. Later, as director of infrastructure and services, he led a team that created the services and networks required for early interactive television trials. Before coming to Microsoft, Mr. Spix spent 5 years as director of systems and software development at Supercomputer Systems, Inc., in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He was responsible for the delivery of systems and software products for a next-generation super-computer. Prior to that, he worked for Cray Research, Inc., in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, as a chief engineer and was responsible for systems and software development for the XMP and YMP line of supercomputers. A Purdue University electrical engineer, Mr. Spix was drawn to supercomputers, their systems, and applications while at the Los Alamos National Laboratories.