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CV
Summary: co-founder of 4 Internet firms. Co-inventor of RSS. Expert knowledge of Web 2.0 and social network products and markets, with particular expertise in online publishing and web based Content Management.
work
2006-present
Founder Curations, New York. Social Shopping, a social network for design items and smaller retailer shopping .
2004
Co-founder (With Max Levchin, founder Paypal), Entrepreneur in residence, MRL Ventures, San Francisco (Companies spun out include Yelp.com and Slide.com)
1999-2003
Co-founder (With Nick Denton, founder Gawker Media): Moreover.com, San Francisco. News search provider for Yahoo, MSN and corporations. Sold to Verisign.
1997-1998
Co-founder: (with Ian Galbraith) Origins Network. London. Subscription based Genealogy service. Profitable since 2001.
1996-1997
Co-founder: RTA, London (split RTA into two: a design consultancy and web design/development firm). Developed first large scale Intranet in UK, managing staffing for 60 hospitals. Developed Genealogy search engine.
1994-1995
Co-founder: RTA Architects, London. Trade show and event design: Caterpillar, Wolverine, Levis. Winner of design for millennium bridge competition for Oldham, England. Featured in Building Design, Blueprint.
1993-1994
Architect: Fisher Park, London: Stadium concert set design, Pink Floyd, U2, Rolling Stones.
1993
Visiting Critic: University of North London, Undergraduate Architecture Dept.
Visiting Lecturer: University College London, Post Graduate Architecture Dept.
1992
Architect: Valode et Pistre, Paris. Paris Wine Vaults conversion.
1989-90 (1991 part-time)
Architect: Norman Foster and Partners, London: Cranfield Library, Kings Cross Masterplan, Norman Foster Apartment.
education:
1993
RIBA Chartered Architect.
1990-1992
University College London/Turin Polytechnic, Italy: Architecture Post Graduate Diploma.
1986-1989
University College London: BSc. Architecture.
publications/standards:
Co-author RSS Ping (a method for enabling real-time search accross the web)
Co-author RSS 1.0 (one of the most widely used internet standards)
Co-author Bio, ‘One Line Bio’ (the most widely used standard for simple biographical information).
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