Windows Pioneers

• Alan Cooper – the "father of Visual Basic"
• Lyle Griffin – created Micrografx Designer, the earliest graphics application for Windows
• Joe Guthridge – led the development of Samna Amí, the first Windows word processor, later renamed Lotus Word Pro
• Ted Johnson – led the development of PageMaker desktop publishing software. Co-founder of Visio Corporation
• Ian Koenig – led the development of the Reuters Terminal financial information software
• Ray Ozzie – created Lotus Notes. Would later serve as Microsoft's Chief Software Architect
• Charles Petzold – author of Programming Windows series from Microsoft Press, as well as many other programming books for Microsoft