K Y is an Architect at Microsoft where he focuses on making Linux run well on Hyper-V and Azure cloud environment. K Y is currently a Distinguished Engineer and was responsible for founding the Linux Systems Group at Microsoft. K Y comes to Microsoft from Novell where he was a Distinguished Engineer, leading a number of key platform initiatives. Prior to joining Novell, he was a Distinguished Member Of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories where he was an architect and a key contributor to several releases of the UNIX Operating System. K Y has a Ph.D in Fault-Tolerant Computing.