Company » Management

Ben Goertzel PhD, CEO/CSO
Email: ben -at- novamente.net
[homepage] 20+ yrs in AI R&D and commercialization. Former CTO of 120+ employee, thinking machine company, Webmind. PhD in mathematics from Temple University. Held several university positions in mathematics, computer science, and psychology, in the US, New Zealand and Australia. Author of 70+ research papers, journalistic articles and 8 scholarly books dealing with topics in cognitive sciences and futurism. Principle architect of the Novamente Cognition Engine. Director of Research, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence.

Bruce Klein, President/CFO
Email: bruce -at- novamente.net
[weblog] Finance BA, University of Georgia. Creator of online social network, Immortality Institute. Editor of Scientific Conquest of Death and director of the documentary film Exploring Life Extension. Director of the Artificial General Intelligence Research Institute. Director of Outreach, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence.

Cassio Pennachin, CTO
Email: cassio -at- novamente.net
MBA and BS in Computer Science. Software development management experience with teams of 60+. CEO, Vetta Labs. CTO, Biomind LLC. Former VP of AI Development at Webmind.

Wendy Cornish, CMO
Email: wendy -at- novamente.net
BA from Dartmouth College in International Relations. MBA in Marketing from the University of California, Berkeley. Co-founder of Vividus, where she led marketing and product management and produced award-winning children’s and multimedia software. Former experience at The Electric Sheep Company and Linden Lab, makers of Second Life.

Eddie Monroe, VP Engineering
Email: eddie -at- novamente.net
15+ years in IT and software development. BS from Wharton School of Business. PhD in Psychology from University of Iowa. Former member of Mac OS development team at Apple Computer, Inc. Founder of software development consulting firm, Green Fields Technology.

David Hart, VP of Product Delivery & Support   Email: dhart -at- novamente.net
[weblog] Founder of Australian based software services, customer support and IT consulting company. Managed delivery and interoperability of several large software- as-a-service systems. Managed service department for engineering and general information technology support at a 250 person software development company.