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Pedro Celis (born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México) is a retired Distinguished Engineer from Microsoft Corporation. He served at the U.S. President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) from 2003 to 2005.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.itrd.gov/pitac/index.html )〕〔 (【引用サイトリンク】url=http://news.microsoft.com/2003/05/13/president-george-w-bush-appoints-microsoft-representative-to-presidents-information-and-technology-advisory-committee-pitac/ )〕 PITAC advises the president on policies and investments that the federal government should pursue to enhance and maintain the preeminence of the U.S. in information technology. He holds over 15 US patents. In 2009 the Hispanic Business Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the United States.〔 〕〔 〕 In February 2014, he announced a bid for U.S. Congress in Washington state's 1st Congressional District to challenge incumbent U.S. Rep.Suzan DelBene. ==Education and career== Celis graduated in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies (ITESM) and received both a master's degree in Mathematics (1982) and a doctorate in Computer Science (1986) from the University of Waterloo. He is considered one of the most influential database researchers. He worked as an Assistant Professor at the Computer Science Department of Indiana University. He later worked as a software designer at Britton Lee, Inc.. He worked at Tandem Computers from 1989 to 1998 where he became Technical Director of the NonStop SQL team. At Microsoft from 1998 to 2012, Celis held several positions in the SQL Server group, including leading the WinFS team at its creation and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for SQL Server. He worked in the Bing organization from 2009 to 2011. He was considered a senior technical leader in the company.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://tech.rubbercat.net/2013/03/the-400000-hottest-men-in-tech.html )〕 The Hispanic IT Executive Council named Celis as one of the most influential Hispanics in the IT industry in 2009 and 2010.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pedro Celis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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