About Rajat Taneja

Rajat Taneja is General Manager of the small business application and services organization within Microsoft® Business Solutions, a division of Microsoft Corp. Rajat’s responsibilities includes setting vision, direction, strategy and leading the R&D efforts for delivering the entire line of MBS small business products and services. This includes hosted online services (e-mail marketing, e-commerce, payroll, e-invoicing and analytics amongst others), Business Contact Manager a key feature area for Microsoft® Office Outlook®, Microsoft Retail Management System, Microsoft Point of Sale System and the Microsoft® Office Accounting product line. Rajat has been with Microsoft since 1996 and during this period has also managed the Americas and European licensing operations and several large corporate systems implementations. Prior to joining Microsoft, Rajat was with Digital Equipment Corporation where he was responsible for desktop and open systems products and technologies in the northwest. At DEC Rajat was the recipient of numerous DEC100 and Decathlon awards. Rajat also worked for a few years at India's largest computer company Wipro in various technical capacities. Rajat has a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering (with specialization in computer aided design of electrical machines) from Jadavpur University, India, where he was a government of India merit scholar. Rajat has also obtained a Masters in Business Administration from Washington State University, USA, where he graduated with honors with specialization in general management and information systems.

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