CEO - Benjamin S. Appen
Prior to founding Alkindi and from 1992-2000, Mr. Appen worked at
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P., a New York-based investment firm focusing
on quantitative trading and technology venture capital activities.
A Senior Vice President, Mr. Appen most recently co-managed a team
of seven building the firm's Internet incubator. In addition, he was
responsible for allocating roughly $23 million in venture capital
investments, personally raised funds in excess of $100 million and
directed an asset management division investing in excess of $500
million. Mr. Appen currently serves on the board of directors of Schrödinger,
Inc., a computational chemistry software pioneer, and has spoken at
multiple international conferences. In 1992, Mr. Appen graduated magna
cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University.
Director of Research - Eugene Stern
Prior to joining Alkindi and from 1996-1999, Dr. Stern was a Rademacher
Instructor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania,
where he studied how abstract symmetries can be represented concretely.
He also initiated, developed, and taught an applications-based abstract
algebra course. Prior to Penn, Dr. Stern was a Postdoctoral Fellow
at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), Berkeley,
California. He has also held visiting positions at the Erwin Schrödinger
Institute, Vienna, Austria and the Research Institute for Mathematical
Sciences (RIMS), Kyoto, Japan. Dr. Stern earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics
from the University of California at Berkeley in 1996 and graduated
magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University in 1992
with a B.A. in Mathematics.
Director of Software Development - Joseph A. Schwartz
Prior to joining Alkindi and from 1996-2000, Mr. Schwartz was a software
development consultant at Daedalus Technology Group, Inc. At Daedalus,
he designed and built systems-level software for Internet-based applications,
including data compression and encryption technologies, networked
video and audio applications, and database infrastructure. Previously,
Mr. Schwartz designed, implemented, and trained local technicians
to maintain Zimbabwe Online, a comprehensive online service offering
chat, email, Internet access, and other applications. He graduated
from Columbia University in 1992 with a B.A. in Physics, specializing
in Astrophysics.
Director of Operations - Edward A. Cubbin
Prior to joining Alkindi and from 1998-2000, Mr. Cubbin worked at
Bear Stearns in the equity research department, focusing on the multi-channel
video industry, commercial broadband services and enhanced television
applications. Mr. Cubbin drew on his unusually strong background in
technology and quantitative modeling to improve the firm's financial
models and valuation analysis. Before that, he worked at Space Systems/Loral
where he developed financial and engineering optimization methods
for the design of Loral's next generation satellites. Mr. Cubbin also
worked at NASA where he designed and built the world's first sub-500
micro-Newton thrust measurement facility. Prior to working at NASA,
Mr. Cubbin was a Princeton University Fellow in the Plasma Science
Program. Mr. Cubbin earned an M.S. in Engineering from the Princeton
University Aerospace Engineering Department in 1997 and a B.S. in
Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1994.
Database Administrator - Roger Cunha
Roger Cunha is a Database Developer and Administrator with over five years of professional experience. His chief focus in that time has remained on enterprise-level database design and programming with Oracle products, to which he adds a solid background in general programming and Web technologies. His experience with different operating systems includes HP-UX, Solaris, Linux and Windows NT. Previously, Mr. Cunha served as Database Administrator
for ExchangePath, a CMGI Company. When not programming and maintaining databases, Mr. Cunha is often skydiving, a sport he has enjoyed since 1995. Mr Cunha earned a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science in 1998 from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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