Search SIG

The purpose of the SDForum Silicon Valley Search SIG is to offer a communication and collaboration platform to the Search ecosystem: search engines, marketers/advertisers, users and developers. Through a series of monthly events, the SIG will cover a large diversity of topics: from the latest developments in search to the needs of brands and advertisers, through the issues and key learnings of starting, funding, building, and exiting a search company.

We plan to use different formats for the SIG as well: fireside chats with key executives of the ecosystem, panels, presentations + Q&As, unconference - i.e the panel is the audience, etc. One thing we request, demand, beg for, is the participation of the audience.

We also want to give companies the opportunity to introduce themselves, launch their products, in short segments of 5/10 mins max. And at the end of each session, anybody having an announcement to make will be able to do so.

Sponsors:

The Search SIG is sponsored by Nokia and  SAP Labs LLC.

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SIG Chairs: 

Aditya Agarwal is Director of Engineering at Facebook and has a ton of experience in search.

Abhishek Gattani - Abhishek is the Principal Architect at Kosmix, has led the creation of technologies that power Kosmix.com and RightHealth.com, and is currently focused on bringing context to the web. Previously, at Stryker (SYK), he was responsible for new product strategy in the imaging division and led the development of several medical imaging products which generate 50+ million dollars in revenue. Abhishek has rich experience in search, computer vision,3D graphics, and mobile, and has filed 16 patents in these areas. He is a MS graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Robert Tri is our new co-chair. Robert is Director of Sales for Fast Search http://www.fastsearch.com.

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