| Dr. Alexander D. Wissner-Gross |
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Dr. Alexander D. Wissner-Gross is an award-winning computer scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, investor, and author. He serves as President and Chief Scientist of Gemedy and holds academic appointments at Harvard and MIT. He has received 126 major distinctions, authored 18 publications, been granted 24 issued, pending, and provisional patents, and founded, managed, and advised 4 technology companies that were acquired for a combined value of over $600 million, including two that became divisions of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) and GTT Communications (NYSE: GTT). In 1998 and 1999, respectively, he won the USA Computer Olympiad and the Intel Science Talent Search. In 2003, he became the last person in MIT history to receive a triple major, with bachelors in Physics, Electrical Science and Engineering, and Mathematics, while graduating first in his class from the MIT School of Engineering. In 2007, he completed his Ph.D. in Physics at Harvard, where his research on neuromorphic computing, machine learning, and programmable matter was awarded the Hertz Doctoral Thesis Prize. A thought leader in artificial intelligence, he is a contributing author of the New York Times Science Bestseller, This Idea Must Die, and the Amazon #1 New Release, What to Think About Machines That Think. A popular TED speaker, his talks have been viewed more than 2 million times and translated into 27 languages. His work has been featured in more than 200 press outlets worldwide, including The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, CNN, USA Today, and Wired. Download Full CV » |
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Gemedy, Inc.
Intelligent systems Founder, President, and Chief Scientist (2011-Present) |
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Hibernia Networks / Hibernia Atlantic U.S. LLC
Low-latency networking Founding Advisory Board Member (2011-2012) · Acquired by GTT Communications Inc. [NYSE: GTT] for $607M (2017) |
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Global Green Consulting Group, Inc.
Data center management Founding Advisory Board Member (2009-2011) · Acquired by Cloud Technology Partners, Inc. (2011) · Now Hewlett Packard Enterprise [NYSE: HPE] (2017) |
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Enernetics, Inc.
Web analytics Founder and Board Member (2007-2016) · Acquired by Sustainable Travel International (2016) |
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Maxtile Holdings GP
Software incubator Founder and Partner (2006-2011) · Acquired by Surf My Ads, Inc. (2007) and ISC / Mindhive Inc. (2011) |