Mark Ryland

Mark Ryland is Microsoft’s National Standards Officer in the U.S..  In that role, he coordinates Microsoft’s interaction with the standards and interoperability communities in a number of areas, including cloud computing. Ryland was previously CTO of two start-up companies, vice-president of a policy think-tank, and also worked for Microsoft from 1991-2000 in a variety of program management, technical marketing, and standardization roles.