Louis Monier
Louis Monier in 2008.
Photograph by Steve Maller.
Photograph by Steve Maller.
Louis Monier (born March 21, 1956) was a founder of the Internet search engine AltaVista. After he left AltaVista, he worked at eBay and then at Google.[1] He left Google in August 2007 to join Cuil, a search engine startup.[2] He was Vice President of Products at Cuil. One month after the launch, he left Cuil, citing differences with the CEO.[3] He also was the co-founder and CTO of Qwiki with Doug Imbruce. Qwiki won the TechCrunch Disrupt Award in 2010.[4]
Monier received a Ph.D. in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Paris XI, France[5] in 1980 and worked at Carnegie Mellon University, Xerox PARC, and DEC's Western Research Laboratory.
References
- ^ AltaVista Founder Louis Monier Moving To Google?, SearchEngineWatch.
- ^ Founders, Cuil.
- ^ Arrington, Michael (2008-09-11). "Cuil's VP Product Bails Out A Month After Launch". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ^ Qwiki Wins TechCrunch Disrupt: Information Consumption To Be Disrupted Techcrunch.com 2010-09-29
- ^ Louis Monier on LinkedIn
- ^ Qwiki Co-founder Louis Monier exits - joins Proximic Techcrunch.com 2011-05-18
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