David Warthen (born December 10, 1957) was one of the founders of Ask Jeeves, now called Ask.com, an

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. 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

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, and attended PhD program at

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(2002 - 2004) but did not obtain a degree.

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