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Howard Spector
Healthcare technology founder · Project Manager, Starbright World
Relationship
How we worked together
Howard was the project manager for Starbright World. He connected the engineering and design work to the people the product served, including taking Vu and me to UCLA Medical Center to watch children in the oncology department use the system.
Projects
Projects we built together
Starbright Foundation · 1997 – 1999
Starbright World — a social network before social networks
Howard gave me two memories that have lasted for decades. He took Vu and me to UCLA to see children using Starbright World, permanently changing how I thought about software’s human impact. Later, while celebrities were recording audio for the application, he asked Melissa Joan Hart to leave me a surprise message: “Berk is the greatest!”
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The work we shared
Project LeadershipHealthcare TechnologyEmpathetic ProductsStarbright World
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