STRUCTUREDWIKIS - Key Persons


Dan Woods

Job Titles:
  • Member of the StructuredWikis Team
Dan Woods has a background in technology and journalism. He has a BA in Computer Science from the University of Michigan. He was CTO of TheStreet.com, CapitalThinking, led development at Time Inc.' s Pathfinder, and created applications for NandO.net, one of the first newspaper web sites. Dan has a MS from Columbia University' s Graduate School of Journalism. He covered banking for 3 years at The Record of Hackensack, was Database Editor for three years at the Raleigh News & Observer, and has written several books on technology topics, in addition to numerous white papers and magazine articles. Dan Woods founded the Evolved Media Network to offer services in Technology Communications using the Communication by Design methodology.

Peter Thoeny

Job Titles:
  • Member of the StructuredWikis Team
  • Founder of TWiki
Peter Thoeny is the founder of TWiki, the leading wiki for corporate collaboration and knowledge management. Managing the open-sourced project for the last seven years, Peter invented the concept of structured wikis - where free form wiki content can be structured with tailored wiki applications. He is a recognized thought-leader in Wikis and social software, featured in numerous articles and technology conferences including LinuxWorld, Business Week, Wall Street Journal and more. A software developer with over 15 years experience, Peter specializes in software architecture, user interface design and web technology. He graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, lived in Japan for 8 years working as an engineering manager for Denso building CASE tools, and managed the Knowledge Engineering group at Wind River for several years.