Dan Crow graduated from the University of Leeds in 1995 with a Ph. D. in Artificial Intelligence and a BSc in Computer Science. In 1996, Dan joined Apple as a Senior Engineering Manager, working on QuickTime products and other software tools. Dan has worked at a number of tech startups, and in 2005 co-founded Blurb, a startup that provides tools to help the general public self-publish books in a variety of formats.As CTO at Blurb, Dan led the product, engineering and QA teams. Dan joined Google in 2006, founding the Google Squared project that developed techniques in information retrieval and indexing. He managed three advertising engineering teams and later led the Google Mobile App Team as the Tech Lead Manager. In January 2011, Dan left Google to join Songkick, a website that allows users to track their favorite bands and provides personalized news about live music events. Dan is leading the engineering team and driving innovation in Songkick's mobile products and intelligent search engines.