Mr John Giannandrea

KANDO id: 34272

Bio

Has been active in executive and non-executive roles in technology companies on both sides of the Atlantic. Most recently co-founded Metaweb Technologies. Metaweb's first product is Freebase, an open database of the world's information, built by a global community and free for anyone to query, contribute to, and build applications on. Metaweb's CTO. Prior to Metaweb, was co-founder and CTO of Tellme Networks Inc and was responsible for the development and operation of the world's largest VoiceXML network, handling over 2 billion voice transactions per year. In 2007 TellMe was acquired by Microsoft Corporation. Prior to Tellme, was the Chief Technologist of Netscape/AOL's Web browser group. Also worked at General Magic, Silicon Graphics and INMOS. Throughout his career has contributed extensively to the industry's Internet standards and protocols, including Java, HTTP, SSL and RDF. Graduate of Strathclyde University.

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