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; 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.