Microsoft executive profiles

A series of profiles in the P-I in 2001 and 2002 told the stories of Microsoft executives who, as the accompanying editor's note put it, "are less well-known than co-founder Bill Gates or CEO Steve Ballmer but are key to the company's success."

Today we started a new series of Microsoft executive and employee profiles with a story about Ken DiPietro, the company's corporate vice president for human resources. (See also the bottom of the story for excerpts from our recent interview with him.)

To read previous Microsoft executive profiles by P-I reporter Dan Richman, you can start here. Several of those stories also contain links to additional profiles. (Please note, however, that some of the executives profiled previously have since moved on to other positions inside and outside the company. Bruce Brooks, for example, left to join the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle.)

Look for more Microsoft profiles in the coming months.