Andrew Herbert
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Andrew Herbert is Managing Director of Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK.
Herbert took a BSc in computational science at Leeds University (1975), then worked on A Microprogrammed Operating System Kernel for his PhD from Cambridge University (1978).
His research interests include computer networking, operating systems, distributed computing, programming languages and large-scale data driven systems.
He was an assistant lecturer in the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory under Maurice Wilkes and Roger Needham. In 1985, he set up a company, Architecture Projects Management (APM), which led projects to develop ANSA, the Advanced Network Systems Architecture.
He joined Microsoft Research, Cambridge in 2001 and became managing director in April 2003.
Dr. Herbert is a member of UKCRC and an EPSRC Board member. He is a Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge, a member of St John's College, Cambridge, a Fellow of the British Computer Society, a Liveryman of the City of London Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, a Chartered Engineer and Chartered Information Technology Professional.
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