Following Microsoft’s acquisition of Xamarin, De Icaza became a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft. According to ZDNet, De Icaza was recently working on the Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX), an open standard for representing machine learning models created by Microsoft and a community of partners.
Miguel de Icaza, the former co-founder of Xamarin and current Microsoft distinguished engineer, will leave Microsoft in the near future. De Icaza informed ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley of his decision on March 2, 2022. Before moving to a new role, De Icaza will take a break and spend time with his family.
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Miguel de Icaza, who joined Microsoft after the tech giant acquired Xamarin in 2016, is leaving the company, according to a report from ZDNet. He was co-founder and chief technology officer at Xamarin, a mobile app development platform founded in 2011. Xamarin co-founder and CEO Nat Friedman left in November. de Icaza, known as a leader in open source software development, was a distinguished engineer at Microsoft. He will take time off before deciding where to land next, ZDNet reported.
