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an American electrical engineer, software developer, computer games and chess programmer, [|industrial and organizational psychologist], and senior vice president of engineering at [|Inovalon]. From 1984 until 2009, David Norris served in multiple capacities at Microsoft and was selected as a leader in the Microsoft Engineering Excellence group, where he developed and promulgated best practices in software development processes, techniques, and tools. || toc =Games= In the late 80s, a group of MS developers including Norris believed that, in order for Windows to succeed, a grassroots effort to create simple but fun entertainment titles needed to be made, and thus "Bogus Software" was born. Dave Norris authored the [|Mahjongg] game [|Taipei], released as part of the first [|Microsoft Entertainment Pack] in 1989, and the chess program Ziggurat, which has been under development since its first release as **WinChess** and **Windows Chess** in the MS Entertainment Pack. To practice his programming skills and to keep his mind sharp, Dave Norris has recently re-written Ziggurat from the ground up, further under active development with the goal to enter the World Computer Chess Championship.
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 * [|The Agile Executive] by David Norris
 * [|David Norris at Inovalon]
 * [|David Norris, ACP | LinkedIn]
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