Dave Sifry
# Dave Sifry

Dave Sifry is an American software entrepreneur and blogosphere icon known for founding Technorati in 2004, formerly a leading blog search engine. He also lectures widely on wireless technology and policy, weblogs, and open source software.

## Early years

Sifry grew up on Long Island, and learned to program on a Commodore PET. While in his teens, he decided that someday he would move to Silicon Valley and start a company. After studying computer science at Johns Hopkins University, he worked for Mitsubishi.

## Career

Sifry cofounded Sputnik, a Wi-Fi gateway company, Linuxcare, and Offbeat Guides.

He has been a founding member of the board of Linux International, and a technical advisor to the National Cybercrime Training Partnership for law enforcement.

Dave worked as a business developer for Mozilla/Mozillamessaging, trying to bring partners to Mozilla Thunderbird.

## Personal life

David is married to Noriko and has two kids, Melody and Noah.

## Awards

* 2006 Best Blog Guide – Technorati – Web 2.0 Awards
* 2006 Best of Show – Technorati – SXSW Awards
* 2006 Best Technical Achievement – Technorati – SXSW Awards
