Evolving UX research while Reimagining Windows

Eight years ago, Melinda Cerney Knight was a PhD candidate in Human Computer Interaction at Iowa State. While presenting at a conference, she snuck into a Microsoft recruiting event and dropped her resume on the pile. Today, she's a senior lead in Windows Research, managing a team responsible for user experiences in the Start screen, touch keyboard, search, multitasking, and apps like Mail, Calendar and more. Since joining Microsoft, she has helped guide product design and vision within multiple releases of Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 as well as Windows services such as Messenger and SkyDrive.com. Tenth Annual Emerging Technologies Conference.