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=== Server (Formerly Motherboard) ===

==== Mark Shaw - Microsoft (Un-opposed) ====
 
Mark Shaw directs hardware engineering for Microsoft’s Global Foundation Services (GFS) group.  Mark’s team supports Microsoft’s cloud services by architecting, defining, and designing the next generation compute and storage servers. Mark’s role requires working with a broad spectrum teams: Microsoft Cloud Services teams, technology vendors, OEMs, ODMs and research teams.  His 27 years of work in the industry has spanned design of processors, ASICs, and systems.  In his work at Microsoft, he performs in-depth analysis of a wide variety of designs crossing boundaries of servers, management, power, deployments, service, and data centers.  As chair of the Motherboard and Server Design Team, Mark’s intent is to drive more commonality throughout the server ecosystem to speed up technology delivery, improve power efficiency and reliability, and lower costs for everybody.
 
Mark came to Microsoft in 2008 from Hewlett-Packard where he was leading systems architecture of HP’s highest end mainframe platforms.  Previous to that were system and vector processor ASIC designs.  Mark holds over 25 US and International patents in server systems architecture and design.  He holds a BS of Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.