Ted Tanner

Ted C. Tanner Jr.

As CTO and Co-Founder of BeliefNetworks, Inc., Tanner drives all technical architecture and intellectual property strategy as it relates to Semantic Intelligence, Semantic Security, Predictive Analytics and Distributed Computing which is deployed across several industry sectors.

With more than twenty years of technology experience, he has spent the past seven as an architect within Microsoft Corporation working on such products and technologies as the Windows Networking Stack, Vista Audio architecture, Metadata architectures, secure Audio-Video path, and Media Center edition. Before leaving Microsoft in 2007, Tanner supported IPv6 and RFID solutions, Trustworthy Computing, Metadata Standards, Emergency/DataFusion Enterprise Architecture and Media Architectures.

During his tenure at Microsoft, he represented the Microsoft Corporation on the Presidential National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee Research and Development Taskforce (NSTAC-RDTF) and the Next Generation Networks Taskforce.

Prior to Microsoft, he was CTO/VP of R&D for MongoMusic were he directed all aspects of knowledge discovery, machine learning, signal processing research, intellectual property management and venture capital assessment. The Microsoft Corporation purchased MongoMusic in 2000.

Prior to MongoMusic, Inc, Tanner was the Media Architect at Apple Computer Inc. where he worked on adaptive media processing architectures for OS9 and OSX underlying products such as iMovie, iTunes and GarageBand. In total, he has had instrumental roles in 4 start-ups, including Avid/digidesign, Crystal River Engineering and Spatializer, three tendered offers and one IPO.

Tanner has published numerous articles in leading technical magazines and holds several patents in the areas of signal processing and signal protection. He holds a Master of Science in Music Engineering from the University of Miami and has taken post graduate courses at various Universities including Stanford, Berkeley and UC Davis.

Tanner is an active public speaker on advanced technology issues in a variety of industry forums and conferences including; but not limited to, government sponsored events and hearings such as those held by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce.