Dr. Astro Teller is co-founder and CEO of Cerebellum Capital, a hedge fund management firm whose investments are continuously designed, executed, and improved by a software system based on techniques from statistical machine learning. Astro is also co-founder and Chairman of BodyMedia, Inc, a leading wearable body monitoring company. From 1999 to 2007, Dr. Teller was also Chief Executive Officer of BodyMedia, Inc. Prior to starting BodyMedia in 1999, Dr. Teller was co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Sandbox Advanced Development, an advanced development technology company. Before his tenure as a business executive, Dr. Teller taught at Stanford University and was an engineer and researcher for Phoenix Laser Technologies, Stanford's Center for Integrated Systems, and The Carnegie Group Incorporated. Dr. Teller holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Stanford University, Masters of Science in symbolic and heuristic computation, also from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence from Carnegie Mellon University, where he was a recipient of the prestigious Hertz fellowship.

As a respected scientist and seasoned entrepreneur, Teller has successfully created and grown five companies and holds numerous U.S. patents related to his work in hardware and software technology. Dr. Teller's work in science, literature, art, and business has appeared in international media from the New York Times to CNN to NPR's "All Things Considered." Teller regularly gives invited talks for national and international technology, government, and business forums on the subject of the future of intelligent technology.

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education

Executive Program for Growth Companies
Graduate School of Business
Stanford University, 2004

Ph.D. in Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
Carnegie Mellon University, 1998

Masters in Computer Science
Symbolic and Heuristic Computation
Stanford University, 1993

BS in Computer Science
Stanford University, 1992

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business

Cerebellum Capital, Inc.
Chief Executive Officer
2008 to Present

BodyMedia, Inc.
Chairman
2007 to Present

Chief Executive Officer
1999 to 2007

SANDbOX Advanced Development, Inc.
Chief Executive Officer
1998 to 1999

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awards

Inducted as a French-American Young Leader
2007

Hertz Fellow
1994 - 1998

Pittsburgh 40 Under 40
2005

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board affiliations

Board member (chairman), Zivio Technologies
Pittsburgh, PA.
2006 - Current

Board member (chairman), BodyMedia, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA.
1999 - Current

Board member, Pittsburgh Technology Council
Pittsburgh, PA
2005 - Current

Board member (chairman), Sandbox Advanced Development, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
1998-1999

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advisory affiliations

Advisory board member, Olympus Center, Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
2006 - Current

Advisory board member, American Diabetes Association, Advocacy Leadership Council
Alexandria, VA
2005 - Current

Advisory board member, PhysioWave, Inc.
Palo Alto, CA
2004 - Current

Advisory board member, New Economy Strategies, Inc.
Washington D.C.
2003 - Current

Advisory board member to T3-Interface Conferences
Pittsburgh, PA
1999,2000,2001,2002