Michael Joseph Dhuey (born July 20, 1958, in

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and

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He is chiefly known as the co-creator (with Ron Hochsprung) of the

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computer in 1987, the first

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computer with expansion slots. He was also one of the two hardware engineers (with

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) who developed the hardware for the original

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in 2001, particularly the battery. He began programming at age 14 at the

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and by age 15 was working professionally as a programmer at Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance.Focus on alumni: Michael Dhuey
, ''Wisconsin*Engineering*Alumni*Perspective'', Winter 2008 (Vol. 34, No. 2). He received his

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degree in 1980 from the

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. He worked at

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from 1980 to 2005. He is currently employed at

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, where he has worked on the Cisco TelePresence remote conferencing system. ''

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'' nominated him for "Engineer of the Year" in 2006 and 2007.

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''Design News'' nominees for Engineer of the Year 2006

''Design News'' nominees for Engineer of the Year 2007

2011 VentureBeat interview
1958 births Living people Apple Inc. employees Computer designers 21st-century American engineers Engineers from Milwaukee University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering alumni University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni American electrical engineers {{Mac-stub