Mike Harrington
Mike Harrington is an American computer programmer. He is the co-founder of the video game development and digital distribution company Valve.[1] Previously a game programmer at Dynamix and a designer on the Windows NT operating system at Microsoft,[2] Harrington founded Valve in 1996 with Gabe Newell, another former Microsoft employee. He and Newell privately funded the development of Half-Life, which he also helped program.[1][3]
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 Harrington in 2009 | |
| Employer | Dynamix (1985–1987) Microsoft (1987–1996) Valve (1996–2000) Picnik (2005–2010) Google (2010–2011) Catnip Labs (2012–2015) Committee for Children (2016-2018) Amplion (2018-present) |
| Known for | Co-founding Valve |
On January 15, 2000, after the success of Half-Life, Harrington dissolved his partnership with Newell and left Valve to spend time with his wife.[1] "At Microsoft you always wonder, 'Is it me being successful or is it Microsoft?' But with Half-Life I knew Gabe and I had built that product and company from scratch."[1] According to Newell, Harrington did not want to risk another project after the success of Half-Life.[1]
In 2006, Harrington co-founded Picnik with friend and former colleague Darrin Massena, which was later acquired by Google in March 2010. Harrington left Google in March 2011, and co-founded another company with Massena, called Catnip Labs, in January 2012. Harrington was the CTO at The Committee for Children from 2016-2018 and is now the CTO of Amplion.[4][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Keighley, Geoff. "The Final Hours of Half-Life and Half Life 2". Gamespot UK. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Mike Harrington Interview". PlanetHalfLife.com. November 20, 1999. Archived from the original on November 3, 1999. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ CVG Staff (28 September 2007). "Creative Minds: Gabe Newell". computerandvideogames.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Mike Harrington's LinkedIn profile". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ↑ "Amplion Accelerates Precision Medicine".