Dana Redington

Dr. Dana Juett Redington (born June 12, 1951) was an early employee of Apple Computer.
==Early life==
Redington was born in California, son of Edward Dana Redington II and grandson of alumnus Paul Goodwin Redington. His middle name is taken from his mother's maiden name Juett.Class notes: 1900, by Leon B. Richardson and Clarence G. McDavitt, Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. 1951-11. Redington grew up in Cupertino, California, where he attended Homestead High School with future Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak. Redington put his graduate school studies on hold to join Wozniak at Apple, and later earned his doctorate after leaving the company.Apple-1 owned by Apple's first applications engineer sells for over $300,000 by Amber Neely, AppleInsider. 2024-08-23.
==Career==
===Apple Computer===
Redington joined Apple Computer in the fall of 1977 as employee #18. He had been hired by Mike Markkula as the company's first applications engineer. Redington also prepared marketing demos, which included an adaptation of Breakout and a heavily modified version of Bob Bishop's game, Star Wars v2, that was used to showcase the high resolution mode of the Apple II computer. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said that he admired Redington's work, but Steve Jobs thought it was "lousy" and dismissed him.Each Apple 30 poster composed of every employee name, digitally (U: Removed) by Zac Hall, 9to5Mac. 2014-02-25.How Steve Wozniak’s Breakout Defined Apple’s Future by Ben Hanson, Game Informer. 2015-10-09.
Redington also communicated with user groups and prepared cassette tapes of demos for club meetings and public events.Apple Source by Dana Redington, Call-A.P.P.L.E. 1978-04-01.
===After Apple===
In the early 1980s, Redington worked at Allophonix, where he was jointly granted a U.S. for developing a multi-state speech encoder and decoder.United State Patent 4,704,730: Multi-state speech encoder and decoder by John M. Turner and Dana J. Redington, United States Patent and Trademark Office. 1987-11-03. In 1986, he founded Martial Sciences for the development of a martial arts training simulator.Martial Sciences, Inc., Bizpedia. Accessed 2022-03-29.Psychophysiological reflex arc training simulator, Justia Patents. 1986-06-25. Since 2004, he has been the principal and CEO of Redwolf Technology, a consulting company.Players, Redwolf. 2009.Dana Redington, LinkedIn. Accessed 2022-03-29.
On August 22, 2024, an Apple-1 specimen belonging to Redington was auctioned with some related Apple historical paraphernalia for 315,914. The vintage computer had been restored to functionality by Corey Cohen.Apple-1 Computer from Apple Employee Dana Redington - From the 'Trade-In' Pile in Steve Jobs' Office, Gifted by Jobs and Woz to Apple's First Applications Engineer. RR Auction. 2024-08-22.
==Videos==
Apple-1 computer from Apple employee Dana Redington - from the 'trade-in' pile in Steve Jobs' office
Why Apple's first computer disappeared
==References==
==See also==
*List of early Apple Computer employees
==External links==
*Redwolf official page
*'Redington' (#104) at the Apple-1 Registry
*Dana J. Redington at Justia Patents
*Dana Redington at ResearchGate
Category:Former Apple employees