Pedro Celis served at the US President's Information Technology Advisory Committee from 2003 to 2005.
11 Facts About Pedro Celis
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Pedro Celis graduated in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies and received both a master's degree in Mathematics and a doctorate in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo.
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Pedro Celis worked as an assistant professor at the Computer Science Department of Indiana University.
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Pedro Celis later worked as a software designer at Britton Lee, Inc Pedro Celis worked at Tandem Computers from 1989 to 1998 where he became Technical Director of the NonStop SQL team.
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At Microsoft from 1998 to 2012, Pedro Celis held several positions in the SQL Server group, including leading the WinFS team at its creation and Chief Technology Officer for SQL Server.
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Pedro Celis worked in the Bing organization from 2009 to 2011.
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Pedro Celis was considered a senior technical leader in the company.
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Pedro Celis is an organizer, founder and member of the board of directors of Plaza Bank, a Latino business focused bank that opened in 2006 in Seattle, Washington.
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Pedro Celis is a board member of Stronger Families and the Washington News Council.
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Pedro Celis has climbed Mount Rainier to benefit the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's Climb to Fight Breast Cancer.
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Pedro Celis is the founder of the Washington State chapter of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly and served as its first chairman from 2001 to 2005.