Dinarte is a Distinguished Engineer who has worked on the Xbox team since 2001. He’s been the key architect focused on security, software emulation for backward compatibility of games, and digital rights protection of downloaded content. He functioned as a critical liaison between the hardware engineers and the software development team, and worked closely with 3rd party vendors to help them realize the Microsoft vision of next generation gaming. Dinarte first joined Microsoft in 1992 after working as the lead developer for ON Technology and several years as an independent software consultant. He is an MIT graduate.