Hawking - Chief Scientist At Funnelback

Dr David Hawking

Australian search pioneer, Dr David Hawking, is now fully committed to his role as Chief Scientist with enterprise search company Funnelback after resigning from CSIRO. Its the logical culmination of his leading role in a CSIRO project that became so successful Funnelback Pty Ltd was founded in 2005 to commercialise the technology. Prior to his July 1 career change, Hawking had been juggling his CSIRO and Funnelback roles. Funnelback search technology is used by the Australian Government, Westpac, the ABC, ASX, CareerOne and ninemsn. Search Engine Room: July 8, 2008