Brent Ingraham is the Director of Engineering for LiveLabs, the online Incubation group for Internet Services at Microsoft. He and his team anchor the core technical disciplines, PM, Dev & Test in support of new Research and Technology funded within the lab environment. Externally, he participates in external VC, angel, startup and competitive technical communities scouting for great ideas and new technology trends. Prior to this role he has held all internal functional roles (Dev, PM & Test) both as an individual contributor and at different levels of management within the Online and Server Business Units and M&A. He has been with Microsoft for 10 years and in the computer industry for 20+ years. He earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, while on full music and honors scholarships. If he’s not at work, odds are he is chasing a ‘hot’ squash ball, cooking and sampling the latest cuisine or working on his next ‘legit’ jazz gig.