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Microsoft-Staff-1978

Steve Wood is in the back row, at the left, in 1978.

Steven C. "Steve" Wood (born 1952)[1] is an American technology-industry programmer, manager, and investor best known as an early Microsoft employee.

Biography[]

Education[]

Wood graduated with a BS from Case Western Reserve University and an MSEE from Stanford University.

Microsoft[]

Microsoft-Staff-2008+Mama

Steve Wood is in the back row, second from the left, in 2008.

He was the sixth employee at Microsoft, but in 1980 became one of the first original employees to leave, after his wife Marla Wood, then a bookkeeper, organized the non-exempt employees and filed an overtime pay dispute (later settled) against the company. He remained close to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and they joined together in various technology ventures.

After Microsoft[]

Wood held jobs with Asymetrix, Starwave, Interval Research, McCaw Cellular and Notable Technologies.

In 1996 Wood co-founded Wireless Services Corporation (now SinglePoint), which provides mobile messaging, and led it as President and CEO until 2004, and remains as Chairman. He also was President and CEO of Dategrity Corporation and he remains active on technology company boards and industry promotion groups.

He and his wife Marla have two children and live in Sammamish, Washington. The Woods' combined personal net worth was estimated at $15 million.

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