Ian joined Mark Logic immediately after its initial funding round, and is currently responsible for MarkMail, a free service for searching mailnig archives available at http://markmail.org.  Previously, Ian was Senior Vice President of Products, a position he held for five years, during which he was responsible for product strategy, release definition, and product engineering.  Before Mark Logic, Ian was the chief strategist and knowledge officer at marchFirst, a position that followed his earlier role as chief technology officer at CKS Group. In these roles, Ian had a broad executive mandate which included corporate strategy, market positioning, knowledge management, and merger integration. Prior to his five-year tenure at CKS, USWeb/CKS, and marchFirst, Ian worked at Apple Computer for 7 years, where he led several advanced product and research teams. In his final role at Apple, Ian was responsible for the engineering management and product release of QuickTime VR. A holder of nine US patents, Ian has a bachelor’s of applied science degree in engineering science and master’s degree in computer science from the University of Toronto.