INVESTORS
Alkindi is fortunate to have many senior Internet executives and top-level financial people among its investors, including:

Charles Ardai, CEO of Juno Online Service, Inc.

Ross Stevens, CEO of Urbanfetch.com, Inc.

Derek Chang, CFO of GlobalCenter, Inc.

Daniel Fishbane, CFO of National Discount Brokers

Stuart Steckler, CFO of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.

ADVISORS
Alkindi management benefits from the advice of experts in relevant fields. Two have joined Alkindi as members of its board of advisors, adding their reputations and knowledge to the firm's list of important assets.

Gerbrand Ceder
Dr. Ceder is the Union Minière Professor of Materials Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Among other honors, Dr. Ceder has won a Career Award from the National Science Foundation and the Robert Lansing Hardy Award from The Metals, Minerals and Materials Society for showing "exceptional promise for a successful career." He received an engineering degree in Metallurgy and Applied Materials Science from the University of Leuven, Belgium, in 1988, and a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1991. Dr. Ceder is the founder of Computational Modeling Consultants and has published 100-plus scientific papers in his various fields of study.

Lyle H. Ungar
Dr. Ungar is an Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds secondary appointments in the Systems Engineering and Chemical Engineering Departments, and at The Wharton School, in the Operations and Information Management Department. He also runs Penn's Executive Masters of Technology Management (EMTM) Program, where he teaches courses on artificial intelligence and on management of technology. Dr. Ungar received a B.S. from Stanford University in 1979 and a Ph.D. from M.I.T. in 1984. He has received the Presidential Young Investigator (PYI) award from the National Science Foundation and has published numerous professional articles.