Kurt Westerfeld
Kurt Westerfeld is a software developer who lives in Virginia. He is best known for his work on IBM OS/2 software such as Object Desktop for Stardock and the KWQ/2 News reader client for OS/2.
He graduated from the University of Maryland in 1990 with a B.S. in computer science.
In the early 1990s Westerfeld joined a startup gaming company named Stardock where he was deeply involved in developing Object Desktop for OS/2. He contributed to the Microsoft Windows follow-on product, ObjectDesktop.NET. Theo Mandel acknowledged his contributions in his 1997 book, The Elements of User Interface Design. In 1997 the OS/2 market began to decline. Westerfeld left Stardock to work at Managed Objects in 1998 where he was named co-chief technology officer in 2002. In 2009 he filed three patents relating to "social networks and communities". He has three children.
He graduated from the University of Maryland in 1990 with a B.S. in computer science.
In the early 1990s Westerfeld joined a startup gaming company named Stardock where he was deeply involved in developing Object Desktop for OS/2. He contributed to the Microsoft Windows follow-on product, ObjectDesktop.NET. Theo Mandel acknowledged his contributions in his 1997 book, The Elements of User Interface Design. In 1997 the OS/2 market began to decline. Westerfeld left Stardock to work at Managed Objects in 1998 where he was named co-chief technology officer in 2002. In 2009 he filed three patents relating to "social networks and communities". He has three children.
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