Miguel de Icaza (born November 23, 1972)[1] is a Mexican programmer, best known for starting the GNOME, Mono, and Xamarin projects.[2] Biography[edit] Early years[edit] De Icaza was born in Mexico City and studied Mathematics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), but dropped out before getting a degree to work in IT.[3] He came from a family of scientists in which his father is a