Our Advisers

Andreas S. Weigend, Ph.D.

Dr. Andreas Weigend who served as Amazon.com's Chief Scientist until 2004 is an expert in data mining and computational marketing. As a consultant, he now helps data-rich organizations base strategic decisions on data and analytics. His career as scientist and innovator enables him to successfully bridge the gap between academia and industry.

He currently teaches the course Data Mining and E-Business at Stanford University, as well as the executive course Technology, Information, and Innovation. Until 1999, he was full-time faculty at New York University's Stern School of Business. He has published six books and more than one hundred scientific papers.

Marc Canter
CEO and visionary, Broadband Mechanics

Marc Canter founded a company named MacroMind in 1984 which became MacroMedia in 1991 (NASDAQ: MACR ). Canter led the team that created the world's first multimedia player, the first cross-platform authoring system and the world's leading multimedia platform (Director - which became Flash).

Marc Canter is currently involved in creating and promulgating open standards for new kinds of micro-content and social networking; including people (PeopleAggregator APIs), media (ourmedia.org and Media RSS), reviews (OpenReviews) and events (OpenEvents).