Rich Tsao Interview

Looks like I missed an interview posted a couple of days ago over at Dungeon Siege Vault. The interview is with Rich Tsao, Microsoft’s Program Manager for the Zonematch technology used in Dungeon Siege. Here’s one of the questions:

What is your role on the Dungeon Siege team, and what are your major functions and responsibilities?

I am Microsoft’s Program Manager for the ZoneMatch technology that is being used inside Dungeon Siege. I have 3 assignments: 1) I manage a team of MS engineers who develops the technology for in-game matchmaking and auto-update features, 2) I work with the great engineers at GPG that integrate Zonematch into the game and 3) I also help with other aspects of multiplayer like prototyping short game ideas.