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'''David C. Norris''',<br/>
an American electrical engineer, software developer, computer games and chess programmer, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_and_organizational_psychology industrial and organizational psychologist], and senior vice president of engineering at [https://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.
=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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong_solitaire Mahjongg] game [https://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 [https://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]], which became true at the [[WCSC 2017]].
=External Links=
* [http://theagileexecutive.blogspot.com/ The Agile Executive] by David Norris
* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidcnorris David Norris, ACP | LinkedIn]
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[[FILE:DavidNorrisGameDeveloper.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://www.blogger.com/profile/18298961984549854316| David Norris <ref>[https://www.blogger.com/profile/18298961984549854316 Blogger: David Norris]</ref> ]]
'''David C. Norris''',<br/>
an American electrical engineer, software developer, computer games and chess programmer, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_and_organizational_psychology industrial and organizational psychologist], and senior vice president of engineering at [https://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.
=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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong_solitaire Mahjongg] game [https://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 [https://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]], which became true at the [[WCSC 2017]].
=External Links=
* [http://theagileexecutive.blogspot.com/ The Agile Executive] by David Norris
* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidcnorris David Norris, ACP | LinkedIn]
=References=
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