CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search "Howard Cunningham" redirects here. For the fictional character, see Howard Cunningham (Happy Days character) . Ward Cunningham Cunningham visiting Portland, Oregon in December 2011 Born ( 1949-05-26 ) May 26, 1949 (age 66) Michigan City , Indiana, U.S. [ 1 ] Nationality American Occupation Computer programmer Years active 1984–present Known for WikiWikiWeb , the first implementation of a wiki Call-sign K9OX Howard G. "Ward" Cunningham (born May 26, 1949) is an American computer programmer from Highland, Indiana [ 2 ] who developed the first wiki . A pioneer in both design patterns and extreme programming , he started programming the software WikiWikiWeb in 1994 and installed it on the website of his software consultancy, Cunningham & Cunningham (commonly ...