My name is Mark Downie, I have spent over 20 years engineering solutions for customers. I worked as a technical lead in the field of software engineering and development, with expertise in financial services, healthcare and manufacturing industries. I have over 15 years experience mentoring and developing international, multi-disciplined groups (more background info here).

I am currently working for a Microsoft as a Program Manager, spending my days building debugging and diagnostics tooling for Visual Studio and Azure. I also serve as the primary maintainer for one of the oldest .NET open source projects, DasBlog Core.

The most persistent function of this site is a platform to talk about technology and software, and the various ways it can transform the lives of everyday people, I hope you find something helpful. If you feel inclined please subscribe here.

If you have general questions contact me on Twitter or GitHub.

Bio

Mark Downie works as a technical leader in the field of software engineering and development, with expertise in financial services, healthcare and manufacturing industries. He has over a dozen years experience mentoring and developing international, multi-disciplined groups. Mark currently works for Microsoft as a Product Manager creating debugging and diagnostics tooling for .NET, Visual Studio and Azure.

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I really enjoy talking about software, debugging and diagnostics you can better understand my process and approach by looking at these videos and podcasts. Here is a Playlist of my most recent conferences and talks on YouTube.

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