Listen to Noomii's interview with Eric Brechner

About Me

Eric Brechner has been coaching development leads, managers, architects, experts, students, and his own employees for over 25 years. After teaching at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Washington, and being a Microsoft development lead and development manager, Eric became Microsoft's first full-time Development Manager & Leads Coach in 2001. At one point, he had coached one-third of all dev leads and half of all dev managers at Microsoft. Many became directors, distinguished engineers, and even corporate vice presidents. Eric went on to become the Microsoft Director of Engineering Learning and Development, before returning to his favorite role as a development manager.