Bob Stanley co-founded IO Informatics in 2003 with Dr. Erich Gombocz. Bob shares his vision with the IO Informatics team -- to deliver on the promise and realize the benefits of data integration, informatics and knowledge applications for Life Sciences and Healthcare.
Prior to founding IO Informatics, Bob was Chief Information Officer at Biosentients, where he designed informatics software for distributed research and data integration. Experience directing research at New York University's Bruner / Feldman Cognitive Science Laboratory, as well as work at NYU’s Academic Computing Facility / Faculty Innovation Center provide additional background for his design of the Sentient informatics software. Other experience includes his time as Associate Scientist at Zeitgeist y2k01, Ltd., where Bob focused on project management and design for data management and informatics applications.
Bob received a graduate degree in Sociology of Knowledge (epistemology and ontology) from the University of Chicago and did postgraduate work focusing in ontologies, dynamic structures and networks at New York University. He is published and referenced in peer-reviewed journals, trade publications and texts and has chaired and presented at numerous conferences. Bob has active, granted and continuing information technology patents in the US and internationally. In addition to his academic and corporate experience, he has served as principal investigator and project manager for major projects, including the software technology development for a large, collaborative NIST bioinformatics project (NIST Advanced Technology Program). He is an elected and active member of several professional organizations, including Phi Beta Kappa, the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, the American Medical Informatics Association, and others.
Current role