Ray Ozzie

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Ray Ozzie at the 2005 Web 2.0 Conference

Raymond E. "Ray" Ozzie (born November 20, 1955 in Chicago , Illinois , USA ) is an American programmer and manager . He became known especially for the development of the first version of Lotus Notes .

In 1984 he founded the software company Iris Associates , which was initially taken over by Lotus Development and later by IBM . After leaving IBM, he founded Groove Networks in 1997 . The company was bought by Microsoft in 2005 . By June 2006, Ozzie was one of three chief technical officers at Microsoft. After Bill Gates retired , he took over his position as head of the development department ("Chief Software Architect").

On October 18, 2010, Microsoft announced that Ozzie would leave the company after a transition period. His official last day at Microsoft was December 30, 2010. In January 2012 Ozzie founded a new company called Cocomo , which was later renamed Talko . In July 2013 he took over a supervisory board mandate at Hewlett-Packard . In 2017 he joined Safecast's board of directors .

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  1. ↑ a b c Ray Ozzie: Chief Software Architect, Biography at Microsoft News Center, accessed August 10, 2011.
  2. ^ A b c Ashlee Vance: Microsoft's Top Software Architect, a Cloud Computing Advocate, Quits. News from the New York Times dated October 18, 2010.
  3. ↑ Software strategist Ray Ozzie announces departure from Microsoft (update). Report to heise online from October 19, 2010.
  4. ↑ derStandard.at - Mysterious startup "Cocomo" by ex-Microsoft strategist Ray Ozzie . Article dated January 5, 2012, accessed July 20, 2013
  5. ↑ TechCrunch - Ray Ozzie's Stealthy Startup Talko Is Building A Consumer-Facing Mobile Communications App, Not A Cloud-Based Mobile Backend . Article dated March 15, 2013, accessed July 20, 2013
  6. ↑ derStandard.at - Ex-Microsoft software boss Ray Ozzie goes to HP . Article dated July 16, 2013, accessed July 20, 2013
  7. ↑ ZDNet - Ex-Microsoft manager Ray Ozzie joins HP's board of directors . Article dated July 16, 2013, accessed July 20, 2013
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SURNAME Ozzie, Ray
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ozzie, Raymond; Ozzie, Raymond E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American programmer
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois , USA