Dave Sifry
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Who is Dave Sifry?
Dave Sifry is an American software entrepreneur and blogosphere icon known for founding Technorati, formerly a leading blog search engine. He also lectures widely on wireless technology and policy, weblogs, and open source software.
Sifry grew up on Long Island, and learned to program on a Commodore PET. He decided that he would move to Silicon Valley and start a company when he was still a teen. After studying computer science at Johns Hopkins University, he worked for Mitsubishi.
Sifry cofounded Sputnik, a Wi-Fi gateway company, Linuxcare, and Offbeat Guides.
He has been a founding member of the board of Linux International, and a technical advisor to the National Cybercrime Training Partnership for law enforcement.
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- Also known as
- David L. Sifry
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Johns Hopkins University
Computer Science
- Johns Hopkins University
- Employment
- Johns Hopkins University
- Mitsubishi Group
- Founder, Technorati
- Co-Founder, Offbeat Guides
- Co-Founder, Linuxcare
- Co-Founder, Sputnik Enterprises Inc.
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on July 23, 2013
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