Moshe Dunie

Moshe Dunie is an Israeli-born American executive and investor in the Greater Seattle Area best known for his executive roles at Microsoft in 1988–1999, culminating as Vice President of the Windows Division. Moshe Dunie is serving on the Board of Governors of the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. Dunie served as the president of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) Seattle from 20062009 and served on the American Jewish Committee National Board. In his role, Dunie interacted with political and business leaders around the world promoting human rights. At Microsoft, Moshe Dunie was responsible for the releases of Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 3.51 and NT 4.0 partnering with Dave Cutler. Then as VP of the Windows Operating System Division, Moshe Dunie led the teams that delivered Windows 98, and took Windows 2000 to its final beta release. He collaborated with partners such as Intel, PC OEMs, application developers and enterprise customers, initiating a Rapid Deployment Program and extensive beta testing. and engineering groups in Europe and Asia reported to Dunie as an international extension of the Windows division.

Early career Moshe Dunie was born on November 14, 1949, in Israel. His mother was an Auschwitz survivor. He studied Electrical Engineering at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, focusing on both hardware and software engineering. Dunie graduated with a BSc degree in 1971. He received his MBA from Golden Gate University, graduating with a 4.0 GPA from their special Silicon Valley executive MBA program.

Israel Air Force Test Range After the Technion Dunie served at the Israel Air Force Test Range for five years. As an officer he led technical teams focused on development and testing of advanced avionics. This included the development of Israel’s initial Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV), working with RPV pioneer Al Ellis.

Eljim & Astronautics In 1977 Dunie developed submarine real time software at Eljim Ltd. After Elbit purchased Eljim, Dunie joined Astronautics Ltd. As software team leader he was responsible for the development of the real-time software for the Israeli Kfir's airborne computer and for an advanced tactical computer for the General Dynamics F-16 fighter aircraft using bit-slice technology. Dunie wrote the assembly code for the mapping and networking software. After Windows 98 release, Dunie integrated the Win98 team into his Windows NT 5 team. Dunie led the Windows 2000 (NT 5) development team from the early design stage to code completion and final Beta release in December 1998. Additionally Dunie was in charge of Microsoft Israel Development Center delivering Microsoft Proxy Server, Windows NT Embedded, Windows Message Queue and Windows Terminal Server. In addition to serving in these organizations, he also wrote articles arguing for peace in Israel and the surrounding countries by eliminating "extremist" groups that seek to destroy Israel.

On Going - Technion & Investments Moshe Dunie is serving on the Board of Governors of the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. He is Chairman Emeritus of American Technion Society in Seattle.

Dunie has been an active investor in startups and established companies, primarily in high-technology. He has been a consultant for startup CEOs and executives.