Company » Management
Ben Goertzel PhD, CEO/CSO
Email: ben -at- novamente.net
[homepage] 20+ yrs in AI R&D and commercialization. Former CTO of 120+ employee, thinking machine company, Webmind. PhD in mathematics from Temple University. Held several university positions in mathematics, computer science, and psychology, in the US, New Zealand and Australia. Author of 70+ research papers, journalistic articles and 8 scholarly books dealing with topics in cognitive sciences and futurism. Principle architect of the Novamente Cognition Engine. Director of Research, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence.
Cassio Pennachin, CTO
Email: cassio -at- novamente.net
MBA and BS in Computer Science. Software development management experience with teams of 60+. CEO, Vetta Labs. CTO, Biomind LLC. Former VP of AI Development at Webmind.
Wendy Cornish, CMO
BA from Dartmouth College in International Relations. MBA in Marketing from the University of California, Berkeley. Co-founder of Vividus, where she led marketing and product management and produced award-winning children’s and multimedia software. Former experience at The Electric Sheep Company and Linden Lab, makers of Second Life.
Bruce Klein, VP of Business Dev.
Email: bruce -at- novamente.net
[weblog] Finance BA, University of Georgia. Creator of online social network, Immortality Institute. Editor of Scientific Conquest of Death and director of the documentary film Exploring Life Extension. Director of the Artificial General Intelligence Research Institute. Director of Outreach, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence.
Eddie Monroe, VP of Engineering
Email: eddie -at- novamente.net
15+ years in IT and software development. BS from Wharton School of Business. PhD in Psychology from University of Iowa. Former member of Mac OS development team at Apple Computer, Inc. Founder of software development consulting firm, Green Fields Technology.
Bill Hunt, VP of Operations
Email: bill -at- novamente.net
Silicon Valley technology veteran, served as VP of Engineering, CTO and VP of Operations for several leading software companies, including Habeas Inc. aquired in 2008. Instrumental in founding or building six start-ups in the Anti-spam, intelligent application management, VPN, firewall and vulnerability assessment sectors - with two of those companies being acquired for approximately $190 million each. Developed important product lines at Novell, also 12 patents to his credit.
David Hart, VP of Product Delivery & Support
Email: dhart -at- novamente.net
[weblog] Founder of Australian based software services, customer support and IT consulting company. Managed delivery and interoperability of several large software- as-a-service systems. Managed service department for engineering and general information technology support at a 250 person software development company.