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Ozzie, 54, had been in the chief software architect position since 2006, when he began working side by side with bill gates to help ease gates transition out. In a note sent to microsoft employees on monday, steven a. He joined microsoft in 2005 as the designated successor for bill gates. Microsofts ray ozzie to retire redmond channel partner. Hewlettpackards board of directors has received a major infusion of software knowhow, with the addition of former microsoft chief software architect ray ozzie. Ray ozzie is on top of the world, or in hell, depending on your view of microsoft. Ray ozzies incredibly long departing memo a warning to. Oct 19, 2010 ray ozzie, microsofts resident software visionary, plans to leave the company. Apr 26, 2018 i have a lot of respect for exmicrosoft chief software architect ray ozzie, but when i saw that hed taken to promoting a clipperchipstyle key escrow system, i was disheartened im a pretty. Can this system of unlocking phones crack the crypto war. Exmicrosoft chief software architect ray ozzie joins. Ray ozzie born november 20, 1955 is chief software architect at microsoft. Microsofts chief software architect ray ozzie is stepping down from his role and will retire, the company announced late.
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Oct 19, 2010 ray ozzie, microsofts chief software architect, has stepped down and will retire from microsoft after five years as strategist pushing the idea of online services and cloud computing. Ray ozzie may have left microsoft back in october 2010, having directly focused a lot of the companys recent efforts on cloud connectivity, but. Microsoft loses chief software architect ray ozzie the. Fireside chat with ray ozzie former chief software. Ray ozzie is the ceo and founder of blues wireless which was founded in 2018 to tackle the broad technical and business issues in telecommunications he experienced while working with safecast, a nonprofit global environmental monitoring effort organized in the wake of the fukushima disaster. Oct 19, 2010 ray ozzie announced yesterday that he plans to step down as microsofts chief software architect, after five years at the company the question for microsoft now is not can ozzie be replaced. Microsofts chief software architect ray ozzie is stepping down from his role and will retire, the company announced late monday. Ozzie assumed the chief software architects role in june 2006, when chairman bill gates announced his intent to relinquish his microsoft daytoday responsibilities in july 2008. Ray ozzie wants to push microsoft back into startup mode.
Microsoft ceo steve ballmer revealed the news in an email to employees this afternoon. Ozzie is stepping down as chief software architect. Ozzie took over as microsofts chief software architect in 2006 when gates, who still is chairman, announced his impending retirement from daytoday activities at microsoft. Jul 26, 2007 ray ozzie, the chief software architect at microsoft msft, has taken the stage at the financial analysts meeting. Microsofts champion of cloudcomputing ray ozzie has announced his retirement from the role of chief software architect.
In his role as csa ozzie is responsible for oversight of the companys. In his role, ozzie was responsible for oversight of the companys technical strategy and product architecture. Bill gates replacement at microsoft, ray ozzie, is leaving the company after just five years. He talks about how microsoft has been transformed by.
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He grew up in chicago, illinois, later moving to park ridge, illinois and graduating from maine south high school in 1973 where he learned to program on a ge400 mainframe and did technical work on. Lionel deluy the keynote speaker at this past summers techready conferencea gathering of 6,000 or so microsoft. In a very surprising move, microsoft has announced that ray ozzie, microsofts chief software architect, will be stepping down from his position and leaving the company after a transition period. Ray ozzie to retire as microsoft chief software architect. Microsoft chief executive steve ballmer announced ozzie s plans monday in an email to employees, which was posted on the companys site. Lotus notes creator and former microsoft chief software architect ray ozzie is coming back with a startup named cocomo that seems to be focused on mobile communication after waiting out his non. Microsofts new architect faces the future ars technica. Ozzie was once chief technical officer at microsoft as well as its chief software architect, posts he had assumed after leaving ibm, where hed gone to work after the company had purchased a.
Before microsoft, he was best known for his role in creating ibm notes formerly lotus notes. Assumed the csa chief software architect role in june 2006, when chairman csa bill gates announced his intent to relinquish the role on the transition from. A week ago today microsoft announced that ray ozzie, its chief software architect and the person responsible for pushing the company into the cloud, will leave sometime in the near future. Steven levy, senior writer, wired magazine join microsoft chief software architect ray ozzie for an expansive discussion on the past, present and future of cloud computing. Oct 19, 2010 microsofts chief software architect ray ozzie is stepping down from his role and will retire, the company announced late monday. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover rays connections. Raymond ray ozzie born november 20, 1955 is an american software industry entrepreneur who held the positions of chief technical officer and chief software architect at microsoft between 2005 and 2010. Ray ozzie born november 20, 1955 is an american software industry entrepreneur who held the positions of chief technical officer and chief software architect at microsoft between 2005 and 2010. Ballmer, microsofts chief executive, disclosed that mr. Ray ozzie, the chief software architect at microsoft msft, has taken the stage at the financial analysts meeting. Whats curious is that steve ballmer doesnt plan on refilling the role. Fresh from his mix08 keynote, microsofts chief software architect and industry luminary, ray ozzie, spent some time on the phone with me, discussing everything from the companys services strategy, to the economics of cloud computing, to the relevance of desktop and infrastructure challenges.
Bill gates, ray ozzie seen unveiling hosted services next. Microsofts ray ozzie to step down as chief software architect microsoft has just announced that ray ozzie, the companys chief software architect is stepping down from this position. Ozzie would relinquish his role as the companys chief software architect, spend some time. Mar 10, 2008 fresh from his mix08 keynote, microsofts chief software architect and industry luminary, ray ozzie, spent some time on the phone with me, discussing everything from the companys services strategy, to the economics of cloud computing, to the relevance of desktop and infrastructure challenges. Ozzie s departure may indicate victory of perpetual licensing advocates in.
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