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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Marta Alonso
Born in Barcelona. Passionate about people. Enthusiastic with new projects and goals. Enjoying the life creating and having fun at Muuby.
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Walter Roth
Industrial Engineering graduate from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Founder of Channel Capital, LLC.
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Stephan Bisse
Entrepreneur living in Berlin currently running a software company that develops black box trading systems for hedge funds.