Emile Servan-Schreiber, Ph.D. Co-Founder, President , Chief Executive Officer ejss@newsfutures.com

Emile drives business development and leads the design and consulting team. He also serves as editor in chief of the public exchanges. Emile has co-authored with some of the field's leading researchers the first experimental study directly comparing the prediction accuracy of real-money and play-money prediction markets: Prediction Markets: Does Money Matter? (Electronic Markets, 14-3, Fall 2004). In the postface of his book The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki credits this study for strengthening the case for enterprise applications of prediction markets. He has lectured widely on the business value of prediction markets at conferences and universities across the globe, including at the World Economic Forum in Davos, at Wharton Business School, the Collège de France, and the City University of Hong Kong. He has been quoted in Time, Newsweek, BusinessWeek, The New York Times, The Financial Times, Nature, CBS News, ABC News, and in various other newspapers and magazines in North America and Europe. He is also an associate editor of the Journal of Prediction Markets. Prior to NewsFutures, Emile's professional focus was on the cognitive sciences: the study of intelligence as expressed in the brain and/or computers. Trained at Carnegie Mellon, where he earned both a B.S. in computer science and a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology - his thesis was on implicit learning in the brain - he then worked as an artificial intelligence ("AI") engineer for Ilog, a software company specializing in providing AI-based business solutions. He is the author of the best-selling CD-Rom Secrets of the Mind (1998), and, as a consultant, has contributed over eight years to the O.E.C.D.'s research into the Birth of a Learning Science.

Maurice Balick Co-Founder, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer balm@newsfutures.com

Maurice drives software development, leads the research for new Collective Intelligence tools and processes, and co-leads the consulting team. He has been developing leading-edge software products and platforms for more than 20 years, first on Wall Street, then in Silicon Valley. Co-founder of several software start-ups in the 80's (including TimeSlice, Inc, which sold the first commercial multitasking environment for IBM PCs), he then worked in Sun Microsystems' Advanced Technology Group for six years, before joining Marímba, the company founded by the inventors of Java, as chief applications architect. He is the co-inventor of five software patents. Maurice has an M.B.A. in finance from New York University's Stern Business School. His master's thesis analyzed and measured trading markets' efficiency when confronted to unforeseen events.

Norris Clark Vice President, North America norris@newsfutures.com

Norris is primarily responsible for sales and marketing in North America. Prior to joining NewsFutures, Norris served as a Director of Business Development for Perot Systems, a global provider of technology-based business solutions. Before this, Norris was a Vice President at Magnet Communications, a New York City based agency serving clients such as The Thomson Corporation and IBM. For four years, he was a political organizer and media spokesperson for US presidential candidate Ross Perot. Norris is a student of Religion and Philosophy, and a former teacher with a Masters degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Julien Bonneville Vice President, Europe julien.bonneville@newsfutures.com

Julien is primarily in charge of the development and implementation of NewsFutures' enterprise solutions in Europe. Prior to joining NewsFutures, Julien founded Sanisphere, a consulting firm specializing in health issues in developing countries, where he led ground-based market surveys for pharmaceutical companies and designed health programs for large multinational companies in Africa and Asia. He earned an MBA from ESSEC Business school ("programme Grande Ecole") in France and ended his studies at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College (USA).

Don Reynolds Chief Public Markets Administrator support@newsfutures.com

Don leads the day-to-day administration of the NewsFutures' public exchanges. He brings to NewsFutures his extensive law enforcement experience along with military-grade leadership and pedagogical skills. As a Corporal in the Topeka, KS Police Force, he received an honorable mention in the National Association of Police Organizations "TOP COPS Awards" for work done analyzing and investigating fatal accidents. Previously, as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army, Don was a Crew Chief of Cobra Attack Helicopters, responsible for their Flight readiness as well as having responsibility in training lower enlisted soldiers. In the Army, he received two Good Conduct Medals and the Army Achievement Medal. He is also a Certified Flight & Instrument Instructor.