Heather Warncke is an Internet technologist and operations architect, with over 12 years of experience in the field--including executive, technical officer, and founder roles. Heather is currently assigned to Microsoft Research (MSR), where she is focused on technical collaborations specifically meant to improve Microsoft's Search, WindowsLive and MSN products. She is also an avid road and track cyclist, currently sponsored for competition by the Starbucks-Seattle Cancer Care Alliance team.

Heather's beloved wife, performance artist and psychologist Rose Hill, died in January 2008 of breast cancer at age 31.