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Rico Mariani is an Canadian computer scientist and software engineer specializes in software performance engineering and programming tools.

In August 1988, Mariani joined Microsoft as a software design engineer after attending college at the University of Waterloo in Canada. He has worked on products and technologies including Visual C++, Programmers Workbench and MSN Broadband, and was a development manager for Microsoft Sidewalk, chief architect for Visual Studio 2010, partner architect for Microsoft’s Midori project, and ultimately development lead for the Microsoft Edge performance, power and reliability team, according to his LinkedIn bio.

He has also been a longtime mentor and champion for the cause of women in computer science.