Welcome to Dennis T Cheung's site!
About me...
I am presently employed as a Program Manager at Microsoft. Currently, I work on the Live Search QnA project, which is part of the overall Search strategy at the company. This has been an amazing experience so far, in exploring online communities, user generated content, and all that social goodness. I am based out of the Microsoft's Silicon Valley Campus in Mountain View, California. In addition, starting this Fall I will be attending the Haas School of Business. My wife and I live on the San Francisco Bay Area peninsula.
About my past work...
- 2006-2008: Program Manager on a Hotmail-related project. No details at this time.
- 2005-2006: I was a Program Manager on Windows Live Toolbar and Windows Desktop Search. Of the features I designed and executed, I am particularly proud of Smart Menus - in a review CNet has a screenshot and calls it ‘useful’!
2000-2005: Program Manager on
Microsoft Office for the Mac. I designed and executed a plethora of features
and functionality primarily around improving information management, simplifying
maintenance required by customers, and implementing enhanced enterprise support
in Entourage, but also PowerPoint and MSN Explorer for Mac. I also delivered two
talks at MacWorld Expo.- 1997-1999: Summer/Winter Network Engineer Intern at Dresdner Bank. Working at 75 Wall St (which is now shockingly a condo tower) I got a taste of what it is like to work in a fast pace, high pressure environment. One summer I worked as part of a small team to build a diaster recovery site in short order. Talk about a learning experience! Ask me about the time I ‘fell’ through the floor, or the time I took down a data feed for a trading floor.
About my past...
Born in Manhattan, I am originally from Brooklyn and Queens, NY. I grew up in a
small town in Long Island (properly pronounced “Lawn Ghuyland”). As
a Junior at Great Neck South High, with a classmate and a teacher, I would start
GNPS Online, the district’s first bulletin board system with a grant from
NYNEX. It was definitely quite the exciting experience of setting up an online community,
right as public understanding of online communications started its rapid ascent.
Eventually I would go on to obtain a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and a Minor in Economics at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. While at Hopkins, I was employed as the Student Residential Network Coordinator where I was responsible for managing a small team of peers to maintain the network connections in the dorms, and other parts of the campus. I ended up seeing a lot of parts of the campus that few others have - including the underground tunnels.
About those flights...
Yes it’s true I once went from San Jose to Portland via Seattle (and back.) It’s also true that I once went from Baltimore to San Francisco via Boston and New York. It's also true that I once went from Austin to San Jose via Dallas and Chicago - and that I actually had no reason to be in Austin. Now that was a true mileage run. I was even quoted in Business Traveler (April 2007) magazine on this topic.
About contacting me...
You can reach me at dtc@labdish.-REMOVE-com.