Mike Bergman

Mike Bergman is a Senior Principal at Cognonto Corporation, a specialized IT consulting firm focusing on semantic technologies and knowledge-based artificial intelligence (KBAI), particularly the integrated KBpedia knowledge structure.

He is renowned as an author, managing the AI3:::Adaptive Information blog, dedicated to structured data and the semantic enterprise, which can be accessed at http://mkbergman.com.

Additionally, Bergman serves as the editor of the UMBEL ontology, a foundational structure of subject concepts for the Web.

With a versatile background, Bergman has worked as an independent consultant, Web scientist, and entrepreneur over the course of his career.

He has founded and led five information management software companies, securing around $10 million in venture capital with a strong focus on sustained profitability.

During the 1970s to early 1990s, Bergman made significant contributions as an innovator in alternative energy commercialization.

Bergman's expertise spans various areas, including software development and management encompassing Linked Data, semantic Web technologies, Internet search tools, knowledge bases, machine learning, and more.

He is also skilled in semi-structured data, data warehousing, bioinformatics, platform-independent user interfaces, accounting, finance, management, planning, electronic mapping, and technical fields. Bergman is well-regarded for his writing and speaking abilities.

In terms of education, Bergman pursued studies at Claremont High, achieved a B.A. magna cum laude from Pomona College, and embarked on Ph.D. studies at Duke University, in addition to studies at UC Santa Barbara.

Within various organizations, Bergman has held key roles, currently serving as a Senior Principal at Cognonto Corp. He has been involved in diverse positions such as Book Author at A Knowledge Representation Practionary, Senior Editor at KBpedia, CEO of Structured Dynamics LLC, CEO of Zitgist LLC, Editor of UMBEL, and others in organizations like BrightPlanet, VisualMetrics Corporation, Instar Community Services, American Public Power Association, University of Virginia, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.