birth_place nationality name field known_for residence prizes article_title citizenship alma_mater
sweden swedish christopher ahlberg computer entrepreneurship science , human-computer interaction , information visualization , spotfire cambridge , massachusetts cambridge , massachusetts mit tr100 christopher ahlberg
 american chalmers university of technology
christopher ahlberg

christopher ahlberg is a swedish-born entrepreneur and computer scientist .
he is the ceo and co-founder of recorded future .
ahlberg is also an independent director of hult international business school , sits on the board of swedish software corporation apptus ab , and holds a board seat at the hedge fund fina technologies .
before co-founding recorded future , ahlberg was the president of the spotfire division of tibco , which he founded as an independent company in 1996 .
in 2007 , spotfire was acquired by tibco for us$ 195 million in cash .
spotfire was founded based on his research on information visualization at the university of maryland under the guidance of ben shneiderman .
ahlberg earned his doctorate from chalmers university of technology and has worked as a visiting researcher at the university of maryland .
he has lectured and consulted extensively for industry , academia , military , and intelligence communities as well as published and lectured on computer science , psychology , linguistics , biology , and chemistry .
he has been granted two software patents , and has multiple patents pending .
he was named among the world 's top 100 young innovators by mit technology review and received the tr100 award in 2002 .
he resides in the boston area with his wife and two children .
