Steven Sinofsky
Steven Sinofsky
Steven Jay Sinofsky is a former President of the Windows Division at Microsoft from July 2009 until his departure on November 13, 2012. He was responsible for the development and marketing of Windows, Internet Explorer as well as online services such as Outlook.com and SkyDrive. Sinofsky is currently a board partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he serves on boards of investments...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
moments hindsight conversation
A moment of disruption is where the conversation about disruption often begins, even though determining that moment is entirely hindsight.
smartphones clouds tools
The cloud-powered smartphone and tablet, as productivity tools, are transforming the world around us along with the implied changes in how we work to be mobile and more social.
business data management
Data is great, but strategy is better
four gang ends
Nothing called the "Gang Of Four" ends well.
fingers precision approach
A mouse has the precision that your finger can't approach.
program talking teaching
While my friends were busy listening to the Talking Heads, Police, and B-52s, I was busy teaching myself to program on the Atari.
cannot
No matter how you look at it, one person cannot be evaluated and paid in isolation of budgets.
cool print truth
It's not cool to have your name in print when it's not the truth.
applies cycles opportunity reflect using
I've always advocated using the break between product cycles as an opportunity to reflect and to look ahead, and that applies to me, too.
build great night work
I always feel great. I get to come to work every day and see the build from the night before, and every day we do more stuff.
avoided blackberry despite offering
Despite demand, the BlackBerry avoided offering generalized web browsing support.
exhibit goals group people similar towards
At some point, a group of people working towards similar goals will exhibit a distribution of performance.
frame navigate resources
Management, at every level, is about the effort to frame challenges, define end states, and allocate resources to navigate between them.
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It is impossible to count the blessings I have received over my years at Microsoft. I am humbled by the professionalism and generosity of everyone I have had the good fortune to work with at this awesome company.