{"id":206232,"date":"2024-02-17T03:43:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T03:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/17\/get-to-know-our-team-tyler-technical-program-manager-commerce-subscriptions\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:21:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:21:50","slug":"get-to-know-our-team-tyler-technical-program-manager-commerce-subscriptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/17\/get-to-know-our-team-tyler-technical-program-manager-commerce-subscriptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Get To Know Our Team: Tyler \u2013 Technical Program Manager (Commerce & Subscriptions)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Get To Know Our Team
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Hi, everyone! Wynn here again. Welcome back to another Xbox Insider Team interview. Today we\u2019re sitting down with Tyler\u2014a Technical Program Manager who focuses on the commerce and subscriptions side of the business. How\u2019re we doing today, Tyler?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Feeling great, Wynn. Excited to chat with our Xbox Insider Community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Fantastic. Let\u2019s start by giving everyone a little background on yourself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Diving right in, eh? Okay. So, I\u2019m a little bit the \u201ctypical\u201d Seattle tech guy. Completely native to the area, raised right here with Microsoft always in the backyard so I\u2019ve always been impressed\/inspired by the company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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So, Microsoft\u2014even before your employment\u2014has been a pretty big constant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Yeah, it comes with the territory a little. My whole life has always been in Seattle. My wife and I are raising our daughter here, my entire family is here, and so it\u2019s always seemed like a natural fit for my circumstances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When did you end up starting?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It would\u2019ve been back in early 2007. I got brought on in the Customer Support org for Windows and Office. I spent a few years there before moving to work in CS for Xbox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ah, another longtime Xbox worker on the team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kind of? Haha. I actually had a few different stops along the way. I went back to Windows for a bit, then dabbled with Inside Sales, before going back to Xbox Support in 2019 and then, finally, Xbox Insider Team in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Oh, wow! I\u2019m actually previous Inside Sales as well. Spent three years in the Fargonian tundra selling Azure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sales is brutal sometimes man. I knew it wasn\u2019t really for me after my time there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Agreed on that. <\/p>\n

So, you\u2019re a bit of a newer member of Xbox Insider Team, and I know a lot of your work is sort of behind-the-scenes \/ under-the-hood. Is there anything you\u2019ve worked on that you\u2019re super proud of?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Absolutely! I think the subscription aspect might be interesting to people. Helping launch Game Pass Ultimate was really cool. I\u2019m also proud of our market expansion work, like bringing PC Game Pass to Southeast Asia. It\u2019s incredibly rewarding to see both Game Pass and Insiders grow as a result.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Yeah, that’s excellent. I don\u2019t think anyone\u2019s complaining about more Game Pass. <\/p>\n

Is there anything you\u2019re currently working on you can share with us for the 10th<\/sup> Anniversary?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Unfortunately, most of my day to day falls firmly under the \u201cnot for public consumption\u201d label. But I am working on some regular Game Pass Ultimate stuff and with things like EA Play and Ubisoft+, which is pretty awesome. You can bet I\u2019m always working to make our experiences better based on what we\u2019re hearing!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I\u2019m sure everyone will love to hear that! <\/p>\n

But let\u2019s move out of the realm of work and to some more of your personal interests. What\u2019re some of your fondest gaming memories?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Oh man. There\u2019s so many. I mean, my first console was an NES, and I can still vividly<\/em> remember opening that with the Super Mario Bros. Duck Hunt combo pack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Bring back the Zapper! I want to blow a new generation of minds with the paper trick.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It was such a unique concept back then. It\u2019s still wild how that was so popular. After NES, I picked up an SNES and played entirely too much Super Mario Kart. In a weird way, Duck Hunt and Super Mario Kart kind of informed my future tastes because my two favorite genres are shooters and racers. Though I\u2019m definitely more of a sim-racer now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I just can\u2019t manage sim-racers. I remember playing Gran Turismo 3 A-spec on PS2 and I think I made it like 3 races deep. I gotta have that arcade-y feel. Like, Blur is my favorite racing game ever.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Haha. Totally understand. Man, you just took me back with A-Spec. I played so <\/em>much of that game on my PS2.<\/p>\n

Another game that holds a special place for me is Ocarina of Time. I played through that with my dad and being able to experience that game\u2014from the jump in 3D to just how meticulously it was designed\u2014with him is something I\u2019ll always cherish.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We\u2019ve had a few different \u201cgaming stories with parents\u201d on here and I absolutely love them every time. <\/p>\n

Okay, let\u2019s talk music. You grew up in Seattle, so I assume you\u2019ve seen some of the greats?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Oh man. Hah. I\u2019m almost a little embarrassed to admit it, but I was really into rap\/hip-hop through most of my formative years. Dr. Dre, Eminem, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, OutKast, stuff like that. I didn\u2019t really get into the alternative scene until after I had graduated college, so I missed all those shows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Wow. My entire upbringing was around alt music. My dad was heavy into college radio, so he had plenty of deep cuts that weren\u2019t super big. Throwing Muses, Jellyfish, Tripp Shakespeare. Like, everyone knows \u201cGood\u201d by Better Than Ezra, but I had listened to an entire album before that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Yeah, I missed that whole initial wave. But, now that I\u2019m more into the alternative and indie side of things, I\u2019ve found a ton of great local music around Seattle. Like, my wife and I just recently went to see The Head and the Heart for the millionth time, and they were fantastic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There we go. That\u2019s your \u201cwe liked them before they were cool\u201d band.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Exactly! I still have some Seattle cred.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I\u2019m that way with a few of the mid-to-late 2000s \u201cscene\u201d bands. Like, I have the first piece of merch that Sleeping With Sirens ever sold, signed by the entire band, and then they\u2019re selling out venues and amphitheaters around the world. <\/p>\n

All right. I could talk music literally forever. Let\u2019s move on to the golden\/silver screens. Is there a show you always have on in the background?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Oh, like Crews? [Note For Reader: Crews is another member of the Xbox Insider Team.]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Haha. That\u2019s exactly who I was thinking about when I drafted this question.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Man, I\u2019ve fully succumbed to the streaming backlog here. I hardly ever re-watch stuff because there\u2019s so much coming out or catching up on. Recently I\u2019ve been enjoying Reacher though.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Big dude solves problems by being the biggest dude, you gotta love it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Exactly. It\u2019s really well done and close enough to the books. It\u2019s just fun.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Do you have any hobbies outside of the comfort of the home?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Definitely. Skiing is maybe my favorite thing in the world. It\u2019s an almost spiritual experience for me to be out there. Really just being in the mountains is deeply personal to me. Hiking, skiing, camping. Anything out in nature to give me that mental reset.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I like the idea of nature more than I like being outside in it. But I will say, some of my favorite experiences with that sort of thing have always been picturesque views in the mountains.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Oh, you have to see some of the views up here. Just breathtaking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Honestly, I know it\u2019s a little clich\u00e9, but I just want to thank everyone for what they contribute to the program and for being so invested in making what we all do better. Across all of Xbox, we greatly appreciate it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Definitely. We\u2019re always happy to hear our Xbox Insiders give their feedback. <\/p>\n

Well, it was great chatting with you Tyler.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Likewise! Glad I could make it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Xbox Insiders, be sure to be on the lookout for more content all throughout February including more interviews from the team, a trip down memory lane, and so much more. All of our 10th Anniversary content can be found on our Hub Page<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Until next time! Wy\\nn\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The post Get To Know Our Team: Tyler – Technical Program Manager (Commerce & Subscriptions)<\/a> appeared first on Xbox Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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