Michael Joseph Dhuey (born July 20, 1958, in

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, United States) is an

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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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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

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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

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