Bill Fernandez is a
user-interface architect and innovator who was
Apple Computer's first full time employee when they incorporated in 1977 and was issued badge number 4. He is the son of Jeryy Fernandez and Bambi Fernandez (both
Stanford University graduates).
He is credited with introducing fellow
Homestead High School student
Steve Jobs to his friend (and Homestead alumn)
Steve Wozniak and developing schematics for the
Apple II so the computer could be mass produced.
Career at Apple
Fernandez worked on the Cream Soda Computer with Steve Wozniak in 1971, the first computer designed by Wozniak and built using spare parts from Wozniak's job. He would later join Apple and work on both the
Apple I and
Apple II personal computer
A personal computer (PC) is a multi-purpose microcomputer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use. Personal computers are intended to be operated directly by an end user, rather than by a computer expert or tec ...
s, and in the 1980s was a member of the
Apple Macintosh development team. He contributed to several user interface aspects of the
classic Mac OS,
QuickTime and
HyperCard
HyperCard is a software application and development kit for Apple Macintosh and Apple IIGS computers. It is among the first successful hypermedia systems predating the World Wide Web.
HyperCard combines a flat-file database with a graphical, f ...
and owns a user interface patent granted in 1994. He was laid off from Apple in 1993.
Popular Culture
* Fernandez appeared in the 2011 documentary about Apple, One Last Thing.
* Fernandez is portrayed by the actor
Victor Rasuk
Victor Rasuk (born January 15, 1984) is an American actor.
Early life
Rasuk was born in New York City, to Dominican parents. His mother worked as a seamstress, and his father at an auto shop. He has one brother, actor Silvestre Rasuk, with whom ...
in the 2013 film ''
Jobs''.
References
External links
Apple's First Employee: The Remarkable Odyssey of Bill Fernandezby Jason Hiner
Fernandez Bill n°4
Living people
American computer businesspeople
21st-century American engineers
Apple II family
Year of birth missing (living people)
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