Residence United States Notable awards MIT TR100 Citizenship American Name Christopher Ahlberg | Nationality Swedish Role Software Engineer | |
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Born Sweden Education Chalmers University of Technology (1992–1996), Chalmers University of Technology (1988–1992) Fields Computer Science, Human–computer interaction, Information visualization, Entrepreneurship | ||
Navigating the future with web data christopher ahlberg at tedxcambridge 2014
Christopher Ahlberg is a Swedish-born entrepreneur and computer scientist. He is the CEO and co-founder of Recorded Future. Ahlberg is also an independent director of Hult International Business School.
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- Navigating the future with web data christopher ahlberg at tedxcambridge 2014
- Christopher ahlberg i know what you ll do next summer pioneers festival 2013
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Before co-founding Recorded Future, Ahlberg was the president of the Spotfire Division of Tibco, which he founded as an independent company in 1996. In 2007, Spotfire was acquired by Tibco for US$195 million in cash. Spotfire was founded based on his research on information visualization at the University of Maryland under the guidance of Ben Shneiderman. Ahlberg earned his doctorate from Chalmers University of Technology and has worked as a visiting researcher at the University of Maryland. He has lectured and consulted extensively for industry, academia, military, and intelligence communities as well as published and lectured on computer science, psychology, linguistics, biology, and chemistry. He has been granted two software patents, and has multiple patents pending. He was named among the World's Top 100 Young Innovators by MIT Technology Review and received the TR100 award in 2002. Ahlberg is also a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. He resides in the Boston area with his wife and two children.