Steven Sinofsky

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Steven Sinofsky (2009)

Steven Jay Sinofsky (born October 6, 1965 in New York City ) was the Managing Director of the Windows Division at Microsoft from July 2009 to November 2012 . He was responsible for the development and marketing of Windows , Windows Live and Internet Explorer .

biography

Sinofsky received a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1987 and a master's degree in computer science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1989 .

In July 1989, Steven Sinofsky joined Microsoft as a software development engineer. When the Microsoft Office product line came into being in 1994 , he became head of program administration and headed development for the common technologies in Microsoft Office 95 and Microsoft Office 97. For five years, Sinofsky was an engineer for software development and project manager of the tools group, in which he played a key role was involved in the creation of the first versions of the Microsoft Foundation Classes C ++ library for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Visual C ++ .

Previously, he oversaw the progress of the Microsoft Office system programs, servers and services. He was also responsible for the development of Microsoft Office 2007 and the new Ribbon UI , for Microsoft Office 2003 , Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft Office 2000. Steven Sinofsky has been actively involved in recruiting for Microsoft. On his TechTalk blog, Sinofsky wrote extensively about his endeavors and what it means to be an employee of Microsoft.

Sinofsky led the teams working on Windows 7 and later Windows 8 , Internet Explorer 10 and Windows Live Wave 5.

Sinofsky left Microsoft unexpectedly on November 13, 2012. The company did not reveal any reasons for his departure, but experts suspect they may be in conflict with Steve Ballmer . Sinofsky was even traded as his successor at times. Julie Larson-Green and Tami Reller have been appointed as his successors .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jay Greene: Steven Sinofsky: Microsoft's controversial Mr. Windows 8. In: CNET News. October 21, 2012, accessed November 15, 2012 .
  2. ^ Microsoft Promotes Steven Sinofsky to President, Windows Division. Microsoft, July 8, 2009, accessed November 13, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Sam Byford: Windows head Steven Sinofsky leaves Microsoft. In: The Verge. November 12, 2012, accessed November 14, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Nick Wingfield: Ex-Windows Chief Seen as Smart but Abrasive. In: New York Times. November 13, 2012, accessed November 15, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Windows boss Sinofsky leaves Microsoft. ZEIT ONLINE, November 13, 2012, accessed on December 18, 2012 .
  6. ↑ Moritz Stückler: Windows boss Steven Sinofsky is leaving Microsoft. In: t3n magazine. November 13, 2012, accessed November 15, 2012 .
  7. ↑ Annika Graf: Windows is a top priority. Financial Times Deutschland, November 14, 2012, archived from the original on November 27, 2012 ; Retrieved November 15, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Sinofsky, Steven
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sinofsky, Steven Jay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US head of the Windows division at Microsoft
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City