http://www.vivaolinux.com.br/dica/Winetricks-turbinando-seu-wine-sem-dores-d... says "created by Dan Kegel, who was in a state of grace when he had this brilliant idea..." :-)
(In case anyone has forgotten, winetricks is about the sixth in a long series of front-ends that try to make it easier to install software in wine, so it was hardly my idea. But I appreciate the sentiment.) - Dan