Mr. Sid Probstein

Council Member Biography

Sid Probstein is the Chief Technology Officer at Attivio, Inc. He is responsible for product and technology strategy and implementation. He has over 15 years of experience in managing R&D organizations and delivering high-value enterprise software and solutions. Previously, he was the Vice President- Technology in the Office of the CTO at Fast Search & Transfer, where he was responsible for developed next-generation search, text mining and multimedia capabilities; Vice President- Engineering at Northern Light Technology, where he was responsible for production of the first enterprise version of the search engine; Director of Software Engineering at Freemark Communications, where he helped implement the first "free" email service; and a Principal Architect/System Manager at John Hancock Financial Services, where the integrated sales illustration and client management system he designed was featured as a Microsoft Solution in Action in 1994. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2007 - Unspecified

Chief Technology Officer, Attivio

2006 - 2007

Chief Technology Officer, GCi

2002 - 2006

Vice President of Technology, FAST SEARCH & TRANSFER, INC.

2001 - 2002

Vice President of Engineering, divine

1997 - 2001

VP Engineering, Northern Light Technology

1995 - 1996

Director of Software Engineering, Freemark Communications

1993 - 1995

System Manager, John Hancock Financial Services

1990 - 1993

System Architect, John Hancock Financial Services