Mike Taulty has worked in software for 28 years and at Microsoft for the past 18 years. Today, he focuses on HoloLens, Windows Mixed Reality and the Universal Windows Platform working in Microsoft's Commercial Software Engineering division helping top partners & customers build mixed reality systems. Prior to this, Mike spent more than a decade working in Microsoft's developer relations team working 1:1 and 1:many with software developers on the Microsoft stack across Europe. Mike also worked for a number of years for Microsoft Consulting Services, consulting on the Microsoft developer stack with the UK's largest software vendors. Prior to Microsoft, Mike spent a decade working as a software developer, team lead and product lead for a number of enterprises, consultancies and software vendors working with a variety of operating system, client, communication and server technologies. Mike holds a BSc Hons (1st Class) in Computer Science from the University of Leeds.