Richard Rashid
| Richard Rashid | |
|---|---|
| Rashid at PDC 2008 | |
| Born | c. 1951 (age 73–74) | 
| Alma mater | Stanford University (BS) University of Rochester (PhD) | 
| Known for | Mach kernel | 
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | VP of Research at Microsoft | 
Richard Farris Rashid is the founder of Microsoft Research, which he created in 1991. Between 1991 and 2013, as its chief research officer and director, he oversaw the worldwide operations for Microsoft Research which grew to encompass more than 850 researchers and a dozen labs around the world.