The International Macintosh Users Group presents:

Grokking a World of Information

Group: International Macintosh Users Group (IMUG)
(A Forum for Multilingual / Multiscript Computing)
Date: May 20, 2004, 7-9 p.m.
Speaker: R.J. Pittman (Groxis, Inc.)
Topic: Grokking a World of Information
Location: Apple Computer, Apple Campus, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino
Take Saratoga/Sunnyvale exit off 280, turn South into
Cupertino, turn left onto Mariani Avenue, left into
Infinite Loop.
Admission: $4, free for IMUG members
Contact: Roger Sherman, (650) 859-5981
roger [dot] sherman [at] sri [dot] com


Grokker 2.1 is the new, revolutionary way to find the information you
want anywhere, even in foreign languages and scripts, and
automatically categorize it within a visual map that can be explored
intuitively, then filtered, edited, saved, and shared with others.
Grokker 2.1 can search Google, Amazon, your files, databases, and
more. Plugins to other sources of information can be developed in the
Java programming language through the Grokker 2.1 software
development kit. Grokker 2.1 works on Mac OS X, Windows, and soon
Linux. The software is ready for user interface internationalization,
and Groxis is looking to establish partnerships with foreign
distributors.

Mr. Pittman, co-founder and CEO of Groxis, has seventeen years of
senior executive and entrepreneurial experience with Internet and
software technology growth companies. Mr. Pittman is founder and CEO
of Venture Factory Partners, a San Francisco-based venture capital
firm. Prior to founding Venture Factory, Mr. Pittman was founder and
CEO of Digital Courier Technologies, (NASDAQ:DCTI), an Internet e-
commerce firm. During his term at DCTI, he brought the company public
and secured America Online and Excite@Home to its list of investors.
Mr. Pittman negotiated $150M in acquisitions and spin-offs, and grew
the e-payments business to profitability and $40M in revenue.

Mr. Pittman was also founder and CEO of Broadway.com, an online
content service provider, acquired by Hollywood Media (NASDAQ: HOLL)
in 1999.

Prior to DCTI, Mr. Pittman co-founded BTG, Inc., a software/IT
company that served several Fortune 500 companies. In 1994, the
company was acquired and the company's pioneering Internet stock-
trading technology became one of the most successful online
brokerages, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Online.

Mr. Pittman graduated with a Masters Degree from Stanford University
in Engineering-Economic Systems. He also holds an Honorary Masters of
Science and Engineering from Stanford University, along with a B.S.E.
in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan.
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