Jeff's Weblogby Jeff Mealiffe [MSFT]http://blogs.msdn.com/mealiffe/atom.xmlCommunity Server2004-02-10T21:00:00ZHello world.http://blogs.msdn.com/mealiffe/archive/2004/02/10/71092.aspx2004-02-11T05:00:00Z2004-02-11T05:00:00Z<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Every blog has to start somewhere, so I guess I’ll start with a short bio.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My name is Jeff Mealiffe, and I’m a Software Design Engineer in Test (Lead) within the Exchange team at Microsoft.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’ve worked at Microsoft for 3.5 years, all in Exchange.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I currently manage the Integration Stress and Pre-Production test teams which are responsible for running system integration tests against builds of Exchange before they are deployed in production at Microsoft and shipped to customers.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Since I’m interested in the performance and functionality of Exchange as a whole, and not of individual components, I guess I’d be considered more of an Exchange generalist (but with lots of specialties).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’ve spent a good deal of time building large-scale Exchange topologies in our labs and pushing them to their limits.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Before coming to Microsoft, I was responsible for a Unix based messaging system (BSDI & FreeBSD) and directory infrastructure (based on Qi/Ph from UIUC) at a large school district in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Southern California</st1:place>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In parallel with that work, I completed a degree in Cognitive Science at UC San Diego.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=71092" width="1" height="1">mealiffehttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/mealiffe.aspx