Brad Wardell

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Bradley R. Wardell, commonly known as Brad Wardell, is an American businessman and programmer residing in Michigan. He is the founder, President, and CEO of Stardock, a software development and computer games company. Wardell's specialty is the design and programming of artificial intelligence and game mechanics for turn-based strategy games. Wardell built PCs and worked as a check proofer to fund his education at Western Michigan University. He graduated in 1994 with a degree in Electronic Engineering, specializing in Computer Engineering. Wardell's first notable achievement was the design and implementation of Galactic Civilizations for OS/2, one of the platform's few games.[8] He led development of OS/2 Essentials, followed by Object Desktop, a package of utilities and desktop enhancements. Wardell remained an OS/2 advocate for years; in 1996 he won OS/2 Professional's "Corporate Commitment" award. When the OS/2 market collapsed, he guided Stardock to Windows, heading development of PC game Entrepreneur while coordinating the creation of WindowBlinds and other Object Desktop components.