Reza Alizadeh is the Chief Technology Evangelist for Windows Phone with Microsoft’s Developer & Platform Evangelism team. His main focus is working with top mobile app partners in the Western US and supporting their efforts to adopt the Windows Phone platform, while also supporting the general development community. Reza has been involved in the mobile space for over four years, having created a successful mobile app startup prior to joining Microsoft, which published over twenty applications and accumulated 8M+ downloads on iOS and other platforms. Reza holds a degree in Computer Science and an MBA from the University of Southern California.