Chris Rae

Chris Rae has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Chris started their career as a Developer at Scott Moncrieff, where they worked as a bespoke Word VBA developer and network manager. Chris then joined UBS Investment Bank as a Developer, where they specialized in Excel/VBA development for Equities Quantitative Strategies. During their time at UBS, they developed and maintained Optrad, an Excel add-in and library of templates for equity derivatives traders. Chris also managed a team of two employees.

Following their tenure at UBS, Chris joined Microsoft Corporation in 2006. Chris initially worked as a Program Manager, engaging in a high-profile project involving the integration of Excel with Windows Compute Cluster. Their role required close collaboration between departments, including designing and writing specifications, coordinating with test and development teams, and presenting plans to upper management. Chris was also actively involved in planning Excel's extensibility both internally and with customers. Later, Chris took on the position of Standards Professional, representing Microsoft on various standards bodies involved in Office file formats. Chris chaired Ecma TC45 during their time in this role.

In 2013, Chris worked as the CTO at Blue Urchin LLC, but no specific details about their responsibilities were provided. Chris then joined Beta Minus as a Developer, where they worked until 2013 without any further information about their role.

Currently, Chris is employed at VALID8 Financial as a Senior Engineer. Their primary responsibility is to develop software on Azure that generates complex exported spreadsheets from financial data. Chris has also contributed to other projects, including an Azure back end for using Orbograph to scan check data. No end date was specified for their role at VALID8 Financial.

Chris Rae attended the University of St Andrews from 1993 to 1997. However, no specific information regarding the degree or field of study pursued during this time is available.