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Board of Advisors - Thomas Manning is a director (senior partner) of Bain & Company, where he is a global leader of Bain's IT practice. He was previously Chairman & EVP, Embedded Technology of the Asia/Pacific region of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. Earlier, Mr. Manning held leadership positions at CSC/Index and McKinsey & Company. He spent seven years founding, building, and ultimately selling a successful, venture-backed medical technology firm.

Tom was recognized by the industry as one of the world's top 25 consultants in Consulting Magazine's annual survey in June 2002. Tom is an honors graduate of Harvard University (East Asian Studies) and Stanford University (MBA). He speaks Mandarin and maintains homes in Hong Kong and San Francisco.




Advisory Board


John Seely Brown
Former Chief Scientist, Xerox PARC, Visiting Scholar at USC

Professor Hiroshi Ishii
Director, MIT Media Lab's Things That Think (TTT) Consortium

Thomas Manning
Senior Partner. Global leader of IT practice, Bain & Company

Richard Saul Wurman
Information Architect, Bestselling Author of Information Anxiety, Founder TED Conferences

Advisory Network

Ambient relies on a strong network of industry leaders to advise and assist in Ambient's growth.

Tim Andrews
Technology strategy

Richard Bergin
Business strategy

Alex V Chachkes
Patents and licensing

Karen Donoghue
Ethnographic research and design

Steven D. Eppinger
Product development process

Dan Katcher
Financing and Operations

Neil Mayle
Technology strategy

Johanna Schlegel
People strategy

David Tames
Consumer psychology and film



Management Team
Carl Yankowski
Chief Executive Officer
Pritesh Gandhi
Chief Operating Officer
Benjamin Resner
Chief Technology Officer
Mark Prince
VP Sales + Marketing
Board of Directors
   
Thomas H. Grant
Director

Howard Morgan
Director

Nicholas Negroponte
Director

David S. Rose
Director