David Norris

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|| [[image:DavidNorris.jpg link="http://www.blogger.com/profile/18298961984549854316"]] ||~ || **David C. Norris**,
an American electrical engineer, software developer, computer games and chess programmer, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_and_organizational_psychology|industrial and organizational psychologist]], and senior vice president of engineering at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inovalon|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 <ref>[[http://www.inovalon.com/whoweare/Pages/david-norris.aspx|David Norris at Inovalon]]</ref>.   ||
|| David Norris <ref>[[http://www.blogger.com/profile/18298961984549854316|Blogger: David Norris]]</ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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=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 <ref>[[http://www.exmsft.com/~hanss/pranks.htm#bogus|Bogus Software]]</ref>. Dave Norris authored the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong_solitaire|Mahjongg]] game [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Mahjong|Taipei]] <ref>[[http://www.download-central.ws/Win16/Games/T/Taipei/3.10/|Download Taipei 3.10]]</ref> <ref>[[http://www.download-central.ws/Win16/Games/T/Taipei/5.00/|Download Taipei 5.00]]</ref>, released as part of the first [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Entertainment_Pack|Microsoft Entertainment Pack]] in 1989, and the chess program [[Ziggurat]], which has been under development since its first release as **WinChess** <ref>[[http://www.download-central.ws/Win16/Games/W/WinChess/|Download WinChess 1.01]]</ref> 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]].

=External Links=
* [[http://theagileexecutive.blogspot.com/|The Agile Executive]] by David Norris
* [[http://www.inovalon.com/whoweare/Pages/david-norris.aspx|David Norris at Inovalon]]
* [[http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidcnorris|David Norris, ACP | LinkedIn]]
 
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