About frankarr - an aussie microsoft blogger
This is a quick time line of me ......
- Born on November 18 1963.
- Eldest son of Salvatore and Emanuela Arrigo.
- Big Brother of Rita & Danny
- Went to primary school at St Columba's Primary School, Elwood, from 1970 to 1975
- Went to high school at CBC StKilda from 1976 to 1981
- Went to university at Chisholm Institute of Technology (which is now part of Monash University) from 1982 to 1984
- Joined ASPECT Computing as a graduate in 1984
- Moved to Canberra at the end of 1990
- Got married to Moira in Feb 1991
- Started at Microsoft in May 1991 as a Systems Engineer
- Antony was born in 1991. He is a big boy now
- Billy was born in 1993. He is also a big boy
- I got a job at Microsoft Corp and moved to Seattle in 1993
- Did a bunch of cool stuff - but it was hard for Moira with the 2 boys
- Moved back to Australia at the end of 1995, joining the local MSN team
- Worked as the MSN technical director for a number of years until the ninemsn venture came along
- Emma was born in 1997. My princess
- I moved over to ninemsn as CTO - was involved in setting up all operation & development systems.
- I "returned" to Microsoft in 1999 and did business development for digital media
- Brice was born in 2000 - Our baby
- I spent 2 years travelling around Asia - it got pretty tiring.
- July 2001, I stopped the travel and joined a new group and got a new title - Evangelist
- July 2002, I got a promotion to Group Manager, and had 3 people in my team.
- In July 2004, the team had grown to 7 and I had responsibilies across Australia & New Zealand. The team works with Developer, Academic and IT Professional communities
- In January 2006, the team changed and I became responsible for all Technical Communities in Australia, which included Developer, Architect, IT Professional, Academic and ISV. The team consisted of 13 people
- In August 2007 I moved to Seattle to take up a role in MS Corporate as the Director - WW Partner Lead and ISV DE Role Owner.
- In March 2008 I took over the team I joined and had a title change to Director - DPE Field Roles
- If you do a search for "Frank Arrigo" or even "Frank Arrigo” you may find some lovely photos of me!
So that takes us to now?
- Moira and I celebrated our 17 year anniversary in Feb 2008
- Antony is in 11th grade at The Chrysalis School
- Billy is on 9th grade at The Bear Creek School
- Emma is in 6th grade at The Bear Creek School
- Brice is in 3nd grade at Peter Kirk Elementary
- I am a mad/passionate/pathetic St.Kilda supporter, and I have been a member for the past 20+ years.
- Billy used to play Aussie Rules in Northside Junior Australian Football Association and Rugby for Knox. He has been playing American football and started U19 Rugby with the Bellevue Tyrants
- We live in Kirkland. We moved in our house on October 24 2007
- I celebrated my 17 year anniversary at Microsoft in May 2008.
Last Update September 2008
