FOUNDERS

BeliefNetworks™ was founded by a group of Silicon Valley and Northwest executives to assist businesses and organizations in transforming their real time, structured and unstructured data — such as marketing campaign data, customer behavior information, social network conversations and market news — into actionable knowledge for improved customer experiences and business lift.

The founders bring a wealth of experience in the software industry as veterans of Apple, successful Valley startups digiDesign and MongoMusic, and Microsoft.

Lisa Maki

President & Co-founder

Lisa brings to BeliefNetworks 15 years of experience in the software industry as a product manager and consultant. At Microsoft Corporation she defined new product in the area of International Disaster Response and Recovery for the office of the CTO, Research and Incubation team. While at Microsoft, she was also Director of Program Management for all end-Consumer products. Lisa founded Maki & Associates Consulting to provide Executive and Organizational Development for international technology firms. Lisa is a graduate of Stanford University.

Theodore Tanner, Jr.

Chief Technical Officer & Co-founder

Ted has spent 20 years in the software industry as a technologist and entrepreneur. As an architect with Microsoft Corporation, he worked on the Windows Networking Stack, Vista Audio architecture, Metadata architectures, Secure Audio-Video path, and Media Center edition. As VP of R&D for MongoMusic, Ted directed all aspects of knowledge discovery, machine learning, signal processing research, intellectual property management and venture capital assessment (MongoMusic was purchased by Microsoft in 2000).

Ted was the Media Architect at Apple Computer where he worked on adaptive media processing architectures for OS9 and OSX underlying products such as iMovie, iTunes and GarageBand. Ted has had instrumental roles in four start-ups culminating in three tendered offers and one IPO. Ted is a graduate of the University of Miami.