Stuart Gannes
Chief Executive Officer at Hyperkey, Inc.
Profile
Mr. Stuart Gannes is Venture Partner at DEFTA Corp.
He brings a lifelong focus on media and innovation to his work.
His career spans journalism, publishing, software development, corporate research, and education.
From 2002-08, Mr. Gannes served as Director of the Digital Vision Fellowship Program at Stanford University.
He held the position of Senior Research Scholar at Stanford and lectured on social entrepreneurship.
Prior to Stanford, he was the director of AT&T’s West Coast Internet Applications’ Lab in Menlo Park, CA.
His projects spanned messaging, Internet access devices, and text-to-speech services.
He also negotiated numerous business partnerships between AT&T and Silicon Valley tech companies, universities and investors.
Mr. Gannes was the founder of Books That Work, an innovative and award-winning “How-to” software publisher that helped homeowners visualize and design everything from decks and landscapes to kitchens and baths.
Gardening.com, published by Books That Work was one of the earliest Web-centric content publishers.
Mr. Gannes has a BA in History from the University of Michigan, and a Masters in Education and Social Policy from Harvard University.
As a journalist he was a reporter, writer and editor at Time-Life Books, Discover and Fortune Magazines.
He was born and raised in Detroit
Stuart Gannes active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Hyperkey, Inc.
Hyperkey, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Hyperkey, Inc. develops a keyboard application that allows the user to send the standard emoji and graphic interchange format. The company was founded by Nikita Gnedin and Stuart Gannes and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Chief Executive Officer | - |
Former positions of Stuart Gannes
Companies | Position | End |
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Stanford University | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2008-12-30 |
AT&T INC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2001-12-30 |
Books That Work
Books That Work Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Part of The Hearst Family Trust, Books That Work is a software concern. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company was founded by Stuart Gannes. Books That Work was acquired by The Hearst Corp. on February 16, 1994. | Founder | - |
Training of Stuart Gannes
Harvard University | Graduate Degree |
University of Michigan | Undergraduate Degree |
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Listed companies | 1 |
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AT&T INC. | Communications |
Private companies | 2 |
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Books That Work
Books That Work Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Part of The Hearst Family Trust, Books That Work is a software concern. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company was founded by Stuart Gannes. Books That Work was acquired by The Hearst Corp. on February 16, 1994. | Technology Services |
Hyperkey, Inc.
Hyperkey, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Hyperkey, Inc. develops a keyboard application that allows the user to send the standard emoji and graphic interchange format. The company was founded by Nikita Gnedin and Stuart Gannes and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
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