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• Julie Larson-Green moves to Qualtrics, a feedback survey company

  Posted on December 12, 2017 at 07:35 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Nat Levy at GeekWire has the story. Larson-Green will become the Chief Experience Officer at Qualtrics.

  I talked about her departure from Microsoft last May. Hers is an extraordinary story. I didn’t (and don’t) agree with several of her design decisions, but she was one of the most respected ‘Softies I’ve ever encountered.

  Back in October, when Larson-Green officially left Microsoft, Tom Krazit at GeekWire had a story about Larson-Green’s impending change:

  “While I was recovering from my surgery, with Microsoft’s support, I was able to spend time on my passion for advising companies on building customer-first products and creating a great company culture,” she wrote in an email to GeekWire. “After 25 years at Microsoft, I’m taking the opportunity to continue to do that work and pursue new adventures.”

  Now we know where she landed.

  I expect she’ll become a highly respected Qualtricsite. Qualtricsess. And those Qualtrics feedback exams are due for a major makeover. I’m looking forward to it.

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• Julie Larson-Green leaves Microsoft, effective today

  Posted on October 31, 2017 at 12:46 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  A brilliant engineer – whether you agreed with her designs or not – is leaving, “to pursue new adventures in building great teams and customer-first products,” according to Mary Jo Foley.

  Hers is an amazing story — from lead developer on Visual C++ to Clippy killer, to a rumored candidate for Microsoft CEO. She stepped down as head of the Office user interface design job this past May. I wrote about her then.

  Best of luck, Julie.

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• Julie Larson-Green steps down as Chief Experience Officer

  Posted on May 2, 2017 at 06:37 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Todd Bishop at GeekWire reports that Julie Larson-Green is staying with Microsoft, but leaving her current job as Chief Experience Officer.

  InfoWorld Woody on Windows

  Microsoft News Julie Larson-Green

• Julie Larson-Green poised to take over Microsoft Office

  Posted on October 27, 2015 at 10:15 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  This time, it’s for real.

  InfoWorld Woody on Windows

  Office News Julie Larson-Green

• Microsoft’s aha: UI engineer Julie Larson-Green should engineer UIs

  Posted on February 26, 2014 at 03:30 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Imagine that.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Microsoft News Julie Larson-Green

• More Microsoft exec departures mark end of a Windows era

  Posted on January 2, 2014 at 21:23 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Some surprising conclusions about the future of Windows — and Microsoft.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch. 

  Microsoft News Antoine Leblond, Grant George, Jensen Harris, Jon DeVaan, Julie Larson-Green, Steve Sinofsky

• Microsoft? Winning? Guess who’s behind it

  Posted on September 19, 2011 at 23:10 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  My ode to Steve and The Gang of Four.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News Grant George, Jon DeVaan, Julie Larson-Green, Steve Sinofsky