John Giannandrea

John Giannandrea, Director of Engineering at Google, leads the http://www.freebase.com/ project, an open database of knowledge which anyone can contribute to. Freebase was created by Metaweb Technologies, which John founded and which was acquired by Google in 2010. Prior to Metaweb, John co-founded Tellme Networks and was the chief technologist of Netscape’s browser group where he contributed to many industry standards including HTML, HTTP, SSL, Java and RDF. John is originally from Scotland and graduated from Strathclyde University, Glasgow.

注：Strathclyde University（斯特拉斯克莱德大学），始建于1796年并于1964年正式获得大学资格，坐落于英国苏格兰著名工商业城市格拉斯哥市中心）。