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In July 2013, [[Don Mattrick]] left his role as the head of Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB) at Microsoft, which contained the [[Xbox One]] team. As part of a Microsoft [[reorganization]], it was announced that the [[Xbox One]] team would become part of the newly formed Devices and Studios Engineering Group. Julie Larson-Green was named as the head of this new division, taking over [[Don Mattrick]]'s responsibilities.<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-12/bodyslams-at-microsoft-prepared-larson-green-for-overhaul.html Bass, Dina. "Bodyslams at Microsoft Prepared Larson-Green for Overhaul" ''[[Bloomberg News]]'' July 12 |
In July 2013, [[Don Mattrick]] left his role as the head of Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB) at Microsoft, which contained the [[Xbox One]] team. As part of a Microsoft [[reorganization]], it was announced that the [[Xbox One]] team would become part of the newly formed Devices and Studios Engineering Group. Julie Larson-Green was named as the head of this new division, taking over [[Don Mattrick]]'s responsibilities.<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-12/bodyslams-at-microsoft-prepared-larson-green-for-overhaul.html Bass, Dina. "Bodyslams at Microsoft Prepared Larson-Green for Overhaul" ''[[Bloomberg News]]'' July 12, 2013]</ref> |
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Julie Larson-Green (born 1962) is the head of the hardware division at Microsoft, where she has worked since 1993. In 1997, she joined the Microsoft Office team, and won a technical leadership award in 2003.[1][2] Between autumn 2012 and July 11, 2013 she was responsible for the software and hardware engineering in the Windows section.[3][4] She now heads the Devices and Studios Engineering Group at Microsoft.
Early life
Larson-Green grew up in Maple Falls, in Whatcom County, Washington state.[5]
Education and early career
Larson-Green graduated with a degree in business administration from Western Washington University. She got her first job in Aldus for tech support. They were the creator of PageMaker Desktop Publishing Software that was later taken over by Adobe Systems. She is a self-taught programmer.This is evident in her urge to work with computers even before she used one. She did her Master's in Computer Science at the same time. She was then recruited as Development lead at Aldus.
At Microsoft
In 1993, Larson-Green joined Microsoft as a program manager for Visual C++.[2] In Microsoft, user experience became her passion[citation needed]. She oversaw the successful launch of Microsoft operating system, Windows 7. In 1997, she joined the Office team. She led UI design for Office XP, Office 2003, and Office 2007, as seen in her official Microsoft biography. Julie Larson-Green has been Corporate Vice President, Program Management, Windows Client. She has had between 1,200 and 1,400 program managers, researchers, content managers and other members of the Windows team reporting to her. She worked on the user experience for IE 3.0 and 4.0 and then, in 1997, to the Office team to work on FrontPage, where she got her first group program manager job. She also did a stint on the SharePoint Team Services team when SharePoint was known as "Office.Net."[2][6]
Xbox
In July 2013, Don Mattrick left his role as the head of Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB) at Microsoft, which contained the Xbox One team. As part of a Microsoft reorganization, it was announced that the Xbox One team would become part of the newly formed Devices and Studios Engineering Group. Julie Larson-Green was named as the head of this new division, taking over Don Mattrick's responsibilities.[7]
References
- ^ Owen Thomas (November 12, 2012). "Meet the two women now running Microsoft's most important business". businessinsider.com. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ a b c Sean Hollister (November 13, 2012). "Meet Julie Larson-Green, the woman who will lead Windows". theverge.com.
- ^ Don Clarck and Shira Ovide (July 11, 2013) Steve Ballmer Solidifies Grip on Microsoft. Wall Street Journal
- ^ Tom Gara (July 11, 2013) Julie Larson-Green: Microsoft’s New Hardware Chief, Mother Of The Ribbon. Wall Street Journal
- ^ Janet I. Tu (November 13, 2012), "Sinofsky's successor at Microsoft has the people touch", The Seattle Times
- ^ Claudine Beaumont (6 November 2009). "I'm Julie Larson-Green and Windows 7 was my idea". telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Bass, Dina. "Bodyslams at Microsoft Prepared Larson-Green for Overhaul" Bloomberg News July 12, 2013