Yes, everybody knows it by now. Drew is a Strander.

Drew is joining Strands as Community Manager / Evangelist, his job is to increase the number of Strands enthusiasts and to spread Strands awesomeness. Easy

For the entire Strands team and for me personally, this is very exciting. I’ve known Drew for almost a year since Marshall (thanks!) connected both of us, and I am convinced we will have a lot of fun while doing a great job. Very interesting times ahead for all of us… welcome to the team Drew!

We are extremely pleased to announce that Dr. Joseph McCarthy, former Principal Scientist at Nokia Research Center Palo Alto, has joined MyStrands as Principal Instigator.

As computing technologies move beyond the desktop and into the other spaces that we inhabit, new possibilities are emerging for tools that can help us connect with the kindred spirits around us, says Joe. He thinks we all could take advantage of more opportunities to share valuable insights and experiences with others. He looks for innovative ways for technology to develop and improve interpersonal relationships.

Joe received a a doctorate in computer science from the University of Massachusetts and a master’s degree in computer science from Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has held the position of research project leader with frontrunners in technology, including Intel Research and Accenture Technology Labs.

Joe’s most recent instigation at Nokia Research Center Palo Alto was the design, development and deployment of a new generation of proactive displays - large computer displays that can sense people in their physical proximity (via their Bluetooth phones) and respond by showing digital content relating to those people (e.g., photos from their Flickr accounts, if they’ve chosen to share them). He currently enjoys additional roles as husband, father, wine aficionado and blogger.

Yes, MyStrands is expanding by leaps and bounds. Our latest addition, R. Scott Doan, is the 100th member of our team. Already at 100 people…and growing!

Scott joins MyStrands as VP, Enterprise Sales. He is a veteran executive with early stage companies with deep enterprise sales, business development and channel sales experience.

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We are happy to announce that MIT Research Scientist Dr. Peyman Faratin is joining MyStrands.

Peyman has been a MyStrands strategic advisor for the last four years, and will now be joining the Innovation team as Principal Scientist, developing the Economic Analysis and Strategic Architectures. He will support technology and business teams with strategic innovation decisions and applications. Peyman joins the city that never sleeps (NYC), where he will also not likely get much sleep either.

Dr. Peyman Faratin has been an active researcher in Computer Science and Business Schools for the past twenty years, with specialization in technologies and architectures, economics and regulation of converged IP (layer 3) and Internet application (layer 7) networks and services. Prior to joining MyStrands, he worked for eight years as a research scientist at MIT’s Computer Science and AI Lab (at the Advanced Network Architectures group), developing intelligent AI and market mechanisms for management and provisioning of IP and 802.11 networks, as well as building economic models of Internet’s IP and (P2P-propriety) overlay infrastructures.

Dr. Faratin has over fifty publications in international peer reviewed journals, conferences and workshops and has regularly served on governmental and academic panels and committees on technology and economics and holds a number of patents. He is currently an affiliate of MIT’s Advanced Network Architectures group at CSAIL, Internet and Telecommunication Convergence (ITC) and Communication Futures Program (CFP) consortia at MIT. Dr. Faratin is a member of ACM SIGCOMM and SIGART. He holds a Ph.D. in EECS from London University.

Welcome to the team Peyman!

We are pleased to announce that Jadam Kahn has just joined the MyStrands team as Director of User Experience.

Jadam has most recently been running RocketSurgeon - an experience design firm with a focus on digital media - where his clients included Universal Music, Apple Computer, Hitmaker, Steveland Films, Sikora Films, and many others. He also is a thought-leader in the “music 2.0″ space where he analyzes products and trends in the Rocketsurgeon Music 2.0 Blog and Directory.

Prior to running his own firm, Jadam worked as the Manager of User Experience for Music Now which was eventually purchased by AOL. While there he participated in building what was often reviewed as the leading-edge subscription service in terms of user experience and community features as well as doing some work on the Winamp media player.

Jadam studied neurobiology at Cornell University, and received his Masters of Fine Arts degree from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago where he concentrated on visual communication and art and technology.

We are very excited to have Jadam on the team - even if he is all the way out there in Chicago.

We are extremely pleased to announce that Oliver Bremer has joined MyStrands as VP of Product Management and Strategy.

Prior to joining MyStrands, Oliver served more than 6 years with Nokia, where he held several positions including leading the development of the OMA DRM 1.0 and 2.0 standards, technical product manager for mobile music application and manager of new business and licensing as a member of the team developing the Nokia Music Service.

Oliver studied at The University of Siegen, Germany and The University of Tulsa, OK, U.S., where he held a research assistantship with The Center for Information Security. He holds an M.S. degree in computer science and is the author and co-author of several conference publications. He is a scholar of the German National Academic Foundation.

It is a pleasure for us having Oliver on board. BTW, he will be based in Helsinki, drop him an email at bremer at mystrands dot com if you are around!