search engine designed and organized for business, today announced that
Paul Dagum has been named Vice President, Chief Scientist and Strategy
Officer. In his new role, he will help analyze, define and execute on
new product and service opportunities for the leading online resource
for small business decision makers, which reaches more than 27 million
professionals each month.
"I am thrilled to welcome Paul to Business.com, where he will play a
tremendous role in shaping how we provide small businesses with the
tools to manage and grow their operations," said Jake Winebaum, Founder
and CEO of Business.com. "Paul is a true authority on applying decision
sciences to the business marketplace, and his expertise will complement
and grow our core strength as a resource for business owners and
decision makers."
"Joining Business.com is an exciting opportunity to tackle what I
consider the next frontier of decision sciences," said Dagum. "This role
provides a chance to apply abstract theories to the real-world problems
faced by business owners. I look forward to supporting Business.com in
its mission of helping small businesses identify solutions for their
pressing challenges and opportunities. "
Dagum was previously at Mohr Davidow Ventures where he collaborated with
partners to evaluate high-impact business opportunities in business
intelligence, online advertising, search engine relevance, hedge fund
performance, and medical devices. Prior to MDV, Paul was Co-Founder and
Chief Science Officer at Rapt, an Accel-funded enterprise-software
company for profit optimization. At Rapt, Paul managed all product
development and led the innovation in algorithms and analytics
development.
Prior to Rapt, Dagum was principal investigator on several National
Science Foundation and National Institute of Health grants at Stanford
University, including the research and development of industry and
medical applications of decision theory. Through his research in
probabilistic inference and decision optimization, Paul developed the
fastest known Monte-Carlo algorithm -- the most commonly used general
method to solve large-scale problems. He has also made significant
contributions in the areas of Bayesian networks, probability forecasting
and control, and randomized algorithm design and analysis.
Dagum has also served as scientist at Rockwell's decision theory
laboratory in Palo Alto, and was a visiting scholar at the International
Computer Science Institute in Berkeley.
He received a Ph.D. in theoretical computer science from the University
of Toronto and an M.D. from Stanford University. Dagum has authored more
than 60 peer-review publications in statistics, computer science,
engineering, and biotechnology journals.
Dagum will report directly to the CEO.
Press Contact: Lane Soelberg
Company Name: BUSINESS.COM
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 310-586-4340
Website: www.business.com
AndhraNews.net News for May 15, 2006