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Sean Gourley

CTO & co-founder of Quid. Building the next generation intelligence platform.

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Living The Dream
Website: http://www.seangourley.com
Industries: Cleantech, Computing, Financial, Media, Nanotech
Skills: Business, Design, Entrepreneurship, Management, Product design, Writing
Location: San Francisco
Groups: Global Entrepreneurship Week , South Park Portfolio Competition
Visas: Europe, United States and New Zealand/Australia
Interested in: Brainstorming, Offering Expertise, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, complexity, conflict, data analysis, data mining, Strategy, track and field, war
Schools: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, University of Oxford

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Said Business School Oxford
Position: Research Fellow
Time period: October 2006 - April 2008
Description: Conducted novel research into the quantitative analysis of wars and terrorism

Employer: NASA
Position: Scientist
Time period: June 2004 - January 2005
Description: Research into the design of self repairing nanocircuits

EDUCATION

University: University of Oxford
Time period: 2002 - 2007
Degree: Physics: Complex Systems, PhD

University: University of Canterbury, Christchurch
Time period: 2001 - 2002
Degree: Physics: Nanotechnology, MSc

PUBLICATIONS

INFORMATION

Sports: Track and Field, Decathlon, Surfing
Awards: Rhodes Scholarship
TED fellow 2009

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