Michael Wallent
Michael Wallent (born February 1969)[1] is an executive at Microsoft. Wallent joined Microsoft on August 11, 1996.[2] He subsequently worked on DHTML and Internet Explorer versions 4 through 6, serving as general manager for versions 5.5 and 6.[3] Wallent then became general manager of the Windows Client Platform Team, where he led the teams responsible for Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight.[4] Wallent also was the General Manager of the Windows Manageability team, which includes products such as PowerShell and Windows Management Instrumentation. As of October 2018[update], Wallent works as a corporate vice president for Microsoft.[5]
In 2007, Wallent came out as a transgender woman, taking the name Megan. Wallent announced the gender transition to all 100 of his employees at the time via an email with the subject line "Re: Me".[6] Wallent also discussed his transition openly on his personal blog. He took a leave of absence from Microsoft starting on November 21, 2007, to undergo medical procedures related to transitioning,[7] returning subsequently under his new name.[6] The company touted its financial support for Wallent's medical needs.[8] Wallent joined the board of Out & Equal in 2010.[9]
In March 2013, Wallent announced that, due to medical complications with hormones, he would be transitioning back to living as a man and reassuming the name "Michael".[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Wallent, Michael (22 September 2018). "We Were a Family of Strangers". Medium. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ Karlinsky, Neal; Litoff, Alyssa (6 March 2008). "Transgender Executive: 'Just a Different Person Now Than I Was Then'". Nightline. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- ^ Sneath, Tim (25 April 2006). "Michael Wallent: Advent and Evolution of WPF". Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ Thomas, Owen (10 October 2007). "Microsoft's Sex Change". Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- ^ MSNE staff (29 October 2018). "Getting students industry-ready at Mock Interview Day". Microsoft New England.
- ^ a b McGinn, Daniel (November 2010). "Crucible: Changing Gender on the Job". Harvard Business Review Magazine. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- ^ Thomas, Owen (23 November 2007). "Michael Wallent leaves Microsoft". Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- ^ "A conversation with Megan Wallent". JobsBlog: Life at Microsoft. 28 March 2008. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- ^ Van Deven, Mandy (2 March 2010). "New Board Members Join Out & Equal". Retrieved 24 October 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Wallent, Michael (28 March 2013). "News". Retrieved 24 October 2014.
External links
[edit]- Wallent's blog
- Schönstein, Jürgen (26 December 2016). "Geschlechtsumwandlung: Dieser Manager machte als Mann und Frau Karriere" [Gender transformation: This manager made a career as a man and a woman]. Bilanz. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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