Who We Are: Rebecca Norlander

Executive in Residence, Illuminate Ventures

Rebecca Norlander Rebecca is currently Executive in Residence at Illuminate Ventures. She started her career as a Software Design Engineer at Microsoft in 1991. She played various technical roles in the Office team, the COM team, and the IE team, and as the leader of Microsoft Windows XP SP2. In November 2006, Rebecca became Technical Assistant to the Chief Software Architect of Microsoft, Ray Ozzie. In 2009 she became Partner Engineering Manager, Micrososft Online Advertising Platform. She joined Illuminate Ventures in June 2010. She keeps coming to work because she is passionate about the positive potential of software in the world. Rebecca graduated with a BA in Computer Science in 1991, and she was a lead speaker at the 2002 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.

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