It all started at the Naval Cadet Engineering College in Saint Petersburg, Russia as an extra curriculum work "Formula of Algorithm" published by Benjamin Shapiro.
In this picture Ben is on the left. On the right is his friend Yuri Samarin, whose contact information Ben would appreciate, if anyone has it.
Ben is one of the founders of TSI, its CEO, and serves on its Board of Directors.
History
Like other great companies TSI had its garage.
This is a picture of the engine of Roman's car - the first Engine Ben and Roman fixed together as soon as Roman joined Ben in the US. After taking it apart and reassembling, this picture marks the moment the Engine started, the very first try:
Next was the SUM Analytical Engine. That took a bit longer.
Roman Shapiro, joined Ben in his work as soon as he landed in US. Roman is VP of Product Engineering, a founding member of TSI, and a member of its Board of Directors.
We also have our own Steve, Steve Palmer (not to be confused with Steve Ballmer, we like our Steve more). Steven joined TSI in 1995 as its first investor. Steven is the Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Directors.
Management
Benjamin Shapiro
Founder, President / CEO, member of the Board of Directors
Benjamin Shapiro, a native of St Petersburg, Russia, received his education from the High Naval Cadet Engineering College (LVMIU), St. Petersburg Russia and Electro Technical University “LETI”, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Benjamin is the author of two US patents, a number of International patents, and a number of patents pending. He is a founder of the Software Understanding Machine® (SUM) technology which, as he believes, will soon have a life of its own with perpetually increasing, never exhausted potential.
His interest in the science of algorithms started during his time of study at the Naval Engineering College back in Russia where he published the work "Formula of Algorithm". That later became the thesis of his Engineering diploma and the foundation of the Software Understanding Machine® technology.
Benjamin's experience in the field accounts for approximately 25 years as a computer software programmer, programming consultant, and then a founder of Thinking Software, Inc.
Roman Shapiro
Founder, VP of Product Engineering, member of the Board of Directors
Roman Shapiro, a native of St Petersburg, Russia, received his engineering degree from the State University of Aerospace Instrumentation (LIAP), St. Petersburg, Russia and the North-West State Technical University (NWTU) St. Petersburg, Russia.
Roman has 20 years of experience in the computing field, which includes his experience as a software programmer and his experience as VP of Product Engineering at Thinking Software, Inc. Roman was responsible for the most technologically advanced functional implementations of Software Understanding Machine® and SUM4JTA – SUM For Java Threads Analyzer.
Steven Palmer
CFO, member of the Board of Directors
Steven graduated from William Paterson University with degrees in Biology and Psychology. He started his first company in 1988 and since then had 5 successful startups with sales in the US and abroad. Steven Joined TSI as its first investor, and soon became its CFO and a member of the board of Directors. Over the years Steven has built a large circle of friends and business associates, which greatly helped TSI in its early stages.
Advisory Board
Peter Norvig is Director of Research at Google Inc. He is a Fellow of the AAAI and the ACM and co-author of Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, the leading textbook in the field. Previously he was head of Computational Sciences at NASA and a faculty member at USC and Berkeley.
Peter Norvig joined advisory board of TSI in 2008.