ambient devices








Founder, Chief Technology Officer - Benjamin Resner led the development of over ten widely deployed and commercially successful consumer software products. Ben was the creator and technical lead for the Petz product line at PF Magic, which sold over 4 million units and was subsequently sold to Mattel. Prior to PF Magic, Ben was a senior programmer at Berkeley Systems where he led technical development of their licensed screen savers for Disney, Star Trek (Paramount) and The Simpsons (Fox). Ben earned his Master's degree at the MIT Media Lab, where his research included ambient forms of interpersonal communication.



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