Terry myerson biography death

Myerson attended Duke University, where he studied in the college of arts and sciences for a semester before choosing a mechanical engineering major. At Microsoft, he led software and engineering teams behind Microsoft Exchange and Windows Phone before his executive promotion in the company"s July reorganization. While in college, he worked as a waiter and a part-time graphics creator at the Environmental Protection Agency.

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He joined the corporate email and calendar Microsoft Exchange software team in , which he led for eight years. He became the head of mobile engineering near the end of , and called a meeting in December that scrapped Microsoft"s Windows Mobile product and programming code in favor of a completely rebuilt system designed to better compete with the iPhone.

He was promoted to lead the Windows Phone operation in Myerson restructured the mobile team, and was responsible for hiring Joe Belfiore, who later redesigned the Windows Phone interface. Myerson also connected Microsoft with Nokia"s hardware division via a personal relationship with Nokia"s executive vice president of smart devices, which grew into Microsoft"s biggest Windows Phone partnership.

In July , Myerson was promoted to executive vice president of Microsoft"s new operating systems engineering division, which controls Microsoft Windows. The Verge called Myerson "the most important man at Microsoft" after the company"s executive reorganization. Personal life. Back to Profile.