Ray Ozzie was the creator of Lotus Notes and the founder of Groove Networks. He is now Microsoft's chief software architect.
I know Ray a little from my days at Lotus Development where I helped ensure that Lotus Notes was designed as a global product (one that could be cost effectively localized into a multitude of languages other than English - including some of the more interesting ones such as Arabic, Japanese and Chinese).
He is a very unassuming guy but one of the brightest brains on the planet when it comes to understanding collaborative technologies.
For more about him take a look at this Wired Magazine article.
If you are interested in Knowledge Management, the
Knowledge Café
or the role of conversation in organizational life then you my be interested in this online book I am writing on
Conversational Leadership
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