Mark Malamud
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Mark Malamud is the Principal and Manager of busymonster, LLC, a consultancy company focused on advanced user interface and design.
During his 10-year tenure at Microsoft, Mr. Malamud became the company’s first User Interface Architect, leading design teams in the Advanced Windows, Consumer, Systems, and Research groups.
In addition to designing the fundamental conceptual, user, and interaction models for Windows 95
and future versions of Windows NT
, Mr. Malamud also pursued future user interface abstractions. Some of his work involved creating psychosocial models of users to improve the interaction between people and machines. Mr. Malamud produced Bill Gates
’ groundbreaking demo, “Information at Your Fingertips,” which was shown at Fall Comdex
in 1990.
Before joining Microsoft
, Mr. Malamud contributed his expertise to a variety of trade magazines and educational publications. He has created several award-winning educational adventure games for Scholastic Books, and he has worked on various multimedia projects, including Nam June Paik
's "Good Morning, Mr. Orwell" for WNET in New York.
Mr. Malamud studied at Brown University
where he received his A.B. in psychology. He holds over 20 major patents in the area of user interface and has been named as an inventor on numerous patents pending.
Mark Malamud has participated in several Intellectual Ventures
’ invention sessions relating to user interface, human-technology interaction, information processing, and health informatics.
During his 10-year tenure at Microsoft, Mr. Malamud became the company’s first User Interface Architect, leading design teams in the Advanced Windows, Consumer, Systems, and Research groups.
In addition to designing the fundamental conceptual, user, and interaction models for Windows 95
Windows 95
Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Windows products...
and future versions of Windows NT
Windows NT
Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. It was a powerful high-level-language-based, processor-independent, multiprocessing, multiuser operating system with features comparable to Unix. It was intended to complement...
, Mr. Malamud also pursued future user interface abstractions. Some of his work involved creating psychosocial models of users to improve the interaction between people and machines. Mr. Malamud produced Bill Gates
Bill Gates
William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen...
’ groundbreaking demo, “Information at Your Fingertips,” which was shown at Fall Comdex
COMDEX
COMDEX was a computer expo held in Las Vegas, Nevada, each November from 1979 to 2003. It was one of the largest computer trade shows in the world, usually second only to the German CeBIT, and by many accounts one of the largest trade shows in any industry sector...
in 1990.
Before joining Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
, Mr. Malamud contributed his expertise to a variety of trade magazines and educational publications. He has created several award-winning educational adventure games for Scholastic Books, and he has worked on various multimedia projects, including Nam June Paik
Nam June Paik
Nam June Paik was a Korean American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the first video artist....
's "Good Morning, Mr. Orwell" for WNET in New York.
Mr. Malamud studied at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
where he received his A.B. in psychology. He holds over 20 major patents in the area of user interface and has been named as an inventor on numerous patents pending.
Mark Malamud has participated in several Intellectual Ventures
Intellectual Ventures
Intellectual Ventures is a private company notable for being one of the top-five owners of U.S. patents, as of 2011. Its business model has a focus on developing a large patent portfolio and licensing these patents to companies. Publicly, it states that a major goal is to assist small inventors...
’ invention sessions relating to user interface, human-technology interaction, information processing, and health informatics.