# Heine Frifeldt

> Principal Software Engineer Manager at Microsoft

Location: Campbell, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/heine

Specialties: Architecture, Windows Development (client and server), MS Exchange integration, MSSQL, Active Directory, IIS, Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Snap-ins, Windows Installer (MSI), Visual Basic, C#, Web development (ASP, ASP.NET), Java script, security, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer Manager @ Microsoft
Jan 2020 – Present | Sunnyvale, California, United States
Core part of the transition from Cortana services towards LLMs and Copilot. The team launched the Enterprise Copilot backend and scaled and provisioned to world wide.  Managing the team responsible for Developer Agility on the Copilot platform and involved in Copilot infrastructure.

### Senior Software Engineering Manager @ Microsoft
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Sunnyvale, California
Manager of team who owned the API service for Cortana. Scaled the service from initial launch to rollout to various Cortana devices including all world-wide Windows computers.

### Software Engineer @ Microsoft
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Sunnyvale, CA
Worked on next generation of semantic digital assistant. Designed and implemented syntax for custom botlet language which compiled to python and C#. Rolled out the Python backend to WW Docker clusters hosted in Azure.

### Software Engineer @ Wand Labs
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Redwood City, CA
Developed Wand iOS app
Developed and maintained the core Wand framework and backend. Wand got acquired by Microsoft in 2016.

### Sr. System Architect @ Green Dot Corporation
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Palo Alto, CA

### Server Team Lead @ Green Dot Corporation
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Mountain View, CA

### Server Team Lead @ loopt, inc.
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 | Mountain View, CA
Developed backend for social network friend finder app for cell phones. Loopt got acquired by Green Dot in 2012.

### Sr. Software Engineer @ Adomo, Inc.
Jan 2001 – Jan 2008 | Cupertino, CA
Key developer on voicemail system for Microsoft Exchange / Active Directory environment (C#)

### Software Consultant @ ThinkOptics
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 | San Jose, California, United States
Helped startup with more attractive user interface for their pointing device.

Developed proof of concept application in C# to monitor state of pointing device, map buttons via configuration files and send key strokes to windows applications.
Designed and developed of more interactive / attractive user interface by utilizing Windows Presentation Foundation in .NET 3.0.

### Founder @ HF Consult
Jan 1995 – Jan 2002
Consulting & software development for numerous companies:
- Institute of Production, Aalborg University. System administration
- Institute of Computer Science, Aalborg University, Web application to unify 3 different standards (local, danish and european) for tracking literature.
- Reidarsborg, System administration
- Getronics/Merkantildata, consultant on printer driver project
- Designed and developed web sites for various small companies

### Software Engineer @ Adomo A/S
Jan 2000 – Jan 2001 | Lyngby, Denmark
Developed software for home entertainment appliance to provide easy access to email, family calendar, photos and music via wireless thin client (Java on Linux).

Developed server integration for appliance providing voice access to Microsoft Exchange mailbox (VB6, IIS)

### Software Engineer @ Getronics
Jan 1998 – Jan 2000 | Ballerup, Denmark
- Designed and developed e-commerce framework for small companies using Microsoft SiteServer. Made integration to in-house payment gateway.
- Developed online shops based on e-commerce framework.
- Promoted e-commerce framework and gave courses to Italian branch offices.
- Reviewed RFP's and drafted proposals for projects
- Maintained/debugged currency exchange application for major bank. Primary  technical support person. Planned deployment of hardware/software to new branches.
- Specialized in danish ATM software. Primary contact in Denmark for support.
- Developed driver for printer/check-scanner purchased by the danish postal service.

### System Administrator @ Aalborg University
Jan 1995 – Jan 1998
In 1996 full time system administrator for
- 200 students with Windows workstations
- Lab with IBM AIX workstations
- Server farm of SGI IRIX workstations/servers

End of 1996-1998 part time system administrator of SGI IRIX workstations/servers.


## Education
### Master in Computer Science
Aalborg University

### Holstebro Gymnasium

### Aulum Byskole


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/hfrifeldt

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Last updated: 2026-04-12