Sean Gourley

Co-founder and CTO of Quid, part time physicist and sometimes decathlete. I'm based in San Francisco where I spend most of my time working at Quid building the next generation global intelligence platform. Not an easy task, but luckily I have a great team of quants and engineers coming along with me for the ride. I'm originally from New Zealand where I divided my time between, studying Physics, running, surfing and organizing political rallies. Back in New Zealand I ran for National elected office, helped start New Zealand's first Nanotech company and won two national Decathlon titles. I spent best 7 years studying at Oxford and trying to understand the mathematical patterns that underly insurgent warfare. This research has taken me all over the world from the Pentagon, to the House of Lords, the United Nations and most recently to Iraq. You can see more of the 'mathematics of war' research here on TED.com