Yeah... he's Raymond goddamn Chen. He's not even aware of our existence. :)

I thought the name sounded familiar, but looking on Wikipedia, there are two Ray(mond) Chens (one is a Federal judge) and neither of them seems to be this guy.

Doesn't ring a bell. Am I supposed to know who he is?

He's the author of The Old New Thing... he was heavily involved in the development of Windows and he's generally highly regarded in software development circles. He's been around for a long time.