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Olivier Dumon (MBA 1998) is managing director of academic and government markets for global publishing giant Elsevier, where he’s working on optimizing online search protocols. He believes that the more the technology is improved, the faster researchers can find cures for diseases and a host of other societal problems.
“At Elsevier, I’m using the latest in web technology to help searchers get to the best content as quickly as possible,” says Dumon, who co-filed several US patents related to search. “We publish 20 percent of the world’s scientific content. If we can help medical researchers, for example, search better—help them get access to content faster, aggregate information in a more efficient way—then we can help them get closer to a cure.”
Dumon became interested in search technology while at eBay, where he served as senior director of search. He subsequently became vice president of product management for search and data at AT&T Interactive, then joined Elsevier, where he is using search to make the world a better place. “I am driven by a passion to understand the needs of people and apply technology to meet those needs,” he explains.
(Published April 2014)
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