The day we launched Swivel, things were really hectic: the servers were running hot, the databases were melting down and none of us had slept for more than a few hours in the past 3 days.
Amid the chaos, we read a heartfelt blog that really stood out. The author was Sara Wood. In her blog entry, Sara talked about her vision for freeing the world's data and making it more fun and valuable - her dream for data was just like ours. Importantly, Sara also illustrated a solid grasp of the pitfalls and stumbling blocks of unlocking value from loads and loads of data.
Her grasp for data is no surprise given her background. Sara has spent the better part of the last decade at institutions working with some of the world's most important data: Harvard School of Public Health and the United Nations' World Health Organization. She understands data and she understands the Web.
Just 3 months since we saw Sara's blog post, she has moved across the United States from Boston to join us here at Swivel HQ in San Francisco. We are happy to announce that Sara Wood is now Vice President and Chief Data Officer here at Swivel. Feel free to call her Data Chief...or just Sara is cool too.
Sara will be a key part of helping us free the world's data so curious people can discover and share new insights.
Welcome, Sara!
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Posted by: Ray | March 06, 2007 at 08:18 PM
That sounds like one cool position! Good luck and congrats.
Posted by: jeg | March 07, 2007 at 09:29 AM
Thank you, and thanks for the nice words Brian. It IS one cool position, I feel really lucky to be part of such an interesting product and community. I like data, I like people who like data. I like the possibilities therein. If you have ideas for data or anything remotely related... I'm your gal. Please get in touch.
Posted by: Sara Wood | March 07, 2007 at 02:35 PM
Wooohooo! Congrats, Sara! Rock on with the data!
Posted by: john | March 08, 2007 at 08:04 AM