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Mr. Ted Tanner will be the speaker in our CSCE791 (Seminar in Advances in Computing) tomorrow at 2:20 and you are invited to attend his talk. Mr. Tanner has had a very successful career in establishing a number of start-up companies including: digidesign (acquired by Avid), MongoMusic (acquired by Microsoft), and BeliefNetworks (acquired by Benefitfocus). His presentation will focus on trends in the technology sector. The presentation will be held tomorrow at 2:20-3:10 in room 2A07 with additional space available in room 2A19.
Biography
Ted Tanner is an engineering executive with extensive experience ranging from startups to public corporations. Focused mainly on growth scale computing he has held architect positions at both Apple and Microsoft. Currently he is the CTO of PokitDok, Inc. that provides innovative enterprise and consumer focused price transparency to both large employer groups and direct consumer models. He has held instrumental roles in several start-ups, including digidesign (IPO and acquired by Avid), Crystal River Engineering (acquired by Creative Labs), MongoMusic (acquired by Microsoft) and BeliefNetworks (acquired by Benefitfocus). He has also ran a publicly traded NASDAQ:SPAZ at the CTO level. He is on the IAB for the University of South Carolina Computer Science Department as well as the Center for Intelligent Systems and Machine Learning at the University of Tennessee. He also holds a Top Secret Clearance.Formerly he was the CTO of BeliefNetworks, Inc a real time semantic and predictive analytics company focused on media and department of defense applications. BeliefNetworks was purchase by Benefitfocus in 2009. Customers included Forbes.com, Comcast / DailyCandy.com and the Department of Defense.
Prior to BeliefNetworks Inc he was an architect for seven years with Microsoft Corporation working on such products and technologies as the Windows Networking Stack, Vista Audio architecture, Metadata architectures, Secure Audio- Video path, and Media Center edition. Before leaving Microsoft in 2007, Mr. Tanner supported IPv6 and RFID solutions, Trustworthy Computing, Emergency/DataFusion Enterprise Architecture and Media architectures, in addition, Ted represented the Microsoft Corporation on the Presidential National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee Research and Development Taskforce (NSTAC-RDTF) and the Next Generation Networks Taskforce.
Prior to Microsoft, he was VP of R&D for MongoMusic were he directed all aspects of knowledge discovery, machine learning, signal processing research, intellectual property management and venture capital assessment. MongoMusic was purchased by the Microsoft Corporation in 2000 for $75M. Prior to MongoMusic, Inc, Mr. Tanner was the Media Architect at Apple Computer Inc. where he worked on adaptive media processing architectures for OS9 and OSX underlying products such as iMovie, iTunes and GarageBand.
Mr. Tanner has published numerous articles in leading technical magazines and holds several patents in the areas of semantics, machine learning, signal processing and signal protection. He is an active public speaker on advanced technology issues in a variety of industry forums and conferences including but not limited to government sponsored events and hearings such as those held by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce.
Ted Tanner is an engineering executive with extensive experience ranging from startups to public corporations. Focused mainly on growth scale computing he has held architect positions at both Apple and Microsoft. Currently he is the CTO of PokitDok, Inc. that provides innovative enterprise and consumer focused price transparency to both large employer groups and direct consumer models. He has held instrumental roles in several start-ups, including digidesign (IPO and acquired by Avid), Crystal River Engineering (acquired by Creative Labs), MongoMusic (acquired by Microsoft) and BeliefNetworks (acquired by Benefitfocus). He has also ran a publicly traded NASDAQ:SPAZ at the CTO level. He is on the IAB for the University of South Carolina Computer Science Department as well as the Center for Intelligent Systems and Machine Learning at the University of Tennessee. He also holds a Top Secret Clearance.Formerly he was the CTO of BeliefNetworks, Inc a real time semantic and predictive analytics company focused on media and department of defense applications. BeliefNetworks was purchase by Benefitfocus in 2009. Customers included Forbes.com, Comcast / DailyCandy.com and the Department of Defense.
Prior to BeliefNetworks Inc he was an architect for seven years with Microsoft Corporation working on such products and technologies as the Windows Networking Stack, Vista Audio architecture, Metadata architectures, Secure Audio- Video path, and Media Center edition. Before leaving Microsoft in 2007, Mr. Tanner supported IPv6 and RFID solutions, Trustworthy Computing, Emergency/DataFusion Enterprise Architecture and Media architectures, in addition, Ted represented the Microsoft Corporation on the Presidential National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee Research and Development Taskforce (NSTAC-RDTF) and the Next Generation Networks Taskforce.
Prior to Microsoft, he was VP of R&D for MongoMusic were he directed all aspects of knowledge discovery, machine learning, signal processing research, intellectual property management and venture capital assessment. MongoMusic was purchased by the Microsoft Corporation in 2000 for $75M. Prior to MongoMusic, Inc, Mr. Tanner was the Media Architect at Apple Computer Inc. where he worked on adaptive media processing architectures for OS9 and OSX underlying products such as iMovie, iTunes and GarageBand.
Mr. Tanner has published numerous articles in leading technical magazines and holds several patents in the areas of semantics, machine learning, signal processing and signal protection. He is an active public speaker on advanced technology issues in a variety of industry forums and conferences including but not limited to government sponsored events and hearings such as those held by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce.