David Warthen (born December 10, 1957) was one of the founders of
Ask Jeeves
Ask.com (originally known as Ask Jeeves) is a question answering–focused e-business founded in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in Berkeley, California.
The original software was implemented by Gary Chevsky, from his own design. Wart ...
, now called Ask.com,
an
internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...
search engine. Warthen has served as Chief Technology Officer or Vice President of Engineering for a variety of companies,
many of them start-ups,
over his career.
David Warthen obtained B.A (Computer Science) from
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is t ...
, and attended PhD program at
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...
(2002 - 2004) but did not obtain a degree.
References
External links
Ask Jeeves BackgroundInnovation and Technology Magazine BioCarlsbad Magazine Bio
1957 births
Living people
American technology company founders
American corporate directors
University of California, San Diego alumni
American chief technology officers
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