1. Joe Belfiore is an American business executive who has held various roles at Microsoft since August 1990, mostly in the field of user experience.
14 Facts About Joe Belfiore
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Joe Belfiore attended Clearwater Central Catholic High School and graduated in 1986.
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Joe Belfiore then attended Stanford University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in computer science in 1990.
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Joe Belfiore moved over to the Windows NT team and was responsible for program management of the Windows NT user experience.
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Joe Belfiore then became manager for user experience in Windows 2000 and Windows XP, including the engineering and design team that created the Windows XP user interface.
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In 2002 Joe Belfiore joined Microsoft's new eHome division as General Manager for eHome user interface, first shipped as Windows XP Media Center Edition.
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In February 2009, Joe Belfiore moved over to the Mobile Communications Business division, which was responsible for Windows Mobile.
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Joe Belfiore became Director of Program Management and his team worked on the creation of the Metro user interface in upcoming Windows Phone 7, which had influences from previous Windows Media Center design, and was rolled-out to many other Microsoft products including Xbox 360 and Windows 8.
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Joe Belfiore was forced to apologize in 2011 to unhappy Windows Phone 7 users after complaints that updates promised by Joe Belfiore were not rolled out to users.
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On October 8,2017, in response to a Twitter question about Windows Phone, Joe Belfiore broke Microsoft's silence about the platform by saying it will continue to be supported for bug fixes and security only, but no new features or hardware.
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In Fall 2015, after Windows 10 had shipped, Joe Belfiore announced that he would take a 9-month leave of absence from Microsoft to travel around the world with his family aboard the MV World Odyssey.
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On October 27,2022, Joe Belfiore announced his retirement from Microsoft, to be effective early summer 2023.
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Joe Belfiore is known for being the founder of the non-stop 24- to 48-hour treasure hunt The Game, run in the San Francisco Bay and Seattle areas.
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Joe Belfiore is married to Kristina Joe Belfiore who graduated from Stanford in 1990 and worked at Microsoft for 32 years.