Paul M. English
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Paul English is the cofounder and Chief Technology Officer of Kayak.com
in Concord, Massachusetts. Kayak.com is a travel search engine that helps consumers find travel deals from hundreds of travel providers. Kayak.com was named "Best of the Web" by BusinessWeek
, "Best of the Web" by Forbes.com, "50 Coolest Websites" by TIME Magazine, "Best Travel Search Engine" by the Associated Press
, "Best Search Aid" by Travel + Leisure Magazine and "Best of the Web" by US News & World Report.
English served in 2008-2009 as the Chief Technology Director of the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequality (DSMHI) at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, leading the creation of GHDonline community of global health workers.
English is the founder of the “gethuman” movement to restore personal contact in customer service. The most popular part of the gethuman.com website is a database of secret phone numbers and shortcuts to reach a human at 500 major US corporations. English and the gethuman project have been featured in the New York Times and hundreds of other news outlets.
English serves on the Development Committee of Partners In Health
(PIH), a Boston-based non-profit health care organization dedicated to providing a “preferential option for the poor", and he is a Director of Village Health Works, a Burundi-based non-profit.
English was the President of Boston Light Software (BLS), a small business ecommerce company he co-founded in Arlington, Massachusetts in 1998. BLS was sold to Intuit in 1999, where English became Intuit’s Vice President of Technology. At Intuit, he managed the QuickBooks web site creation and merchant account / service ecommerce development teams and he led the creation of the Intuit Developer Network and the Intuit Innovation Lab.
English is the founder of the World Xiangqi League (WXL), an online Chinese chess community created in 1997 as a place for different cultures to meet online. The WXL had over 100,000 active members and servers in seven countries, and frequently hosted games by world renowned xiangqi masters. (English hopes to get the WXL online again at some point.)
English was a Director at Intermute from 1999 to 2005, where he led the design and development of “SpamSubtract”, a popular anti-junk-email product that was sold at retail and distributed with millions of PCs worldwide. InterMute was sold to Trend Micro
in May 2005.
English previously worked in as SVP of Engineering and SVP of Product Management and Marketing at Interleaf
in Waltham MA.
English worked as a software engineer at Texet Corporation (electronic publishing software) in Arlington MA, at Haemonetics (blood centrifuge device drivers) in Braintree MA, at Data General (operations research) in Westboro MA, at APC Systems (real-time data acquisition for the US Air Force) in Melrose MA, and at Individeo (sound effect development) in Woburn MA.
English received a BA in Computer Science
from UMASS Boston in 1987, an MS in Computer Science in 1989. English graduated from Boston Latin School
in 1982. English was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1963, and has always lived in the Boston area.
English currently lectures on entrepreneurship several times a year at Boston area universities, including UMASS Boston, Harvard Business School and MIT Sloan.
English is on the product advisory board for LinkedIn
, and he frequently consults for venture capital firms to evaluating startup technologies, strategies and teams.
A 2010 Inc. Magazine article detailed Mr. English's effective daily habits
People Magazine profiled Mr. English in 2005.
Time Magazine described English's business model for Kayak.com
in a 2007 article
Kayak.com
KAYAK is a technology company providing online travel tools through its global family of websites and mobile applications. Started by cofounders of Expedia, Orbitz, and Travelocity, KAYAK allows users to compare information from hundreds of other travel websites in one display when booking travel...
in Concord, Massachusetts. Kayak.com is a travel search engine that helps consumers find travel deals from hundreds of travel providers. Kayak.com was named "Best of the Web" by BusinessWeek
BusinessWeek
Bloomberg Businessweek, commonly and formerly known as BusinessWeek, is a weekly business magazine published by Bloomberg L.P. It is currently headquartered in New York City.- History :...
, "Best of the Web" by Forbes.com, "50 Coolest Websites" by TIME Magazine, "Best Travel Search Engine" by the Associated Press
Associated Press
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, "Best Search Aid" by Travel + Leisure Magazine and "Best of the Web" by US News & World Report.
English served in 2008-2009 as the Chief Technology Director of the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequality (DSMHI) at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, leading the creation of GHDonline community of global health workers.
English is the founder of the “gethuman” movement to restore personal contact in customer service. The most popular part of the gethuman.com website is a database of secret phone numbers and shortcuts to reach a human at 500 major US corporations. English and the gethuman project have been featured in the New York Times and hundreds of other news outlets.
English serves on the Development Committee of Partners In Health
Partners In Health
Partners In Health is a Boston, Massachusetts-based non-profit health care organization dedicated to providing a "preferential option for the poor". It was founded in 1987 by Dr. Paul Farmer, Ophelia Dahl, Thomas J. White, Todd McCormack, and Dr...
(PIH), a Boston-based non-profit health care organization dedicated to providing a “preferential option for the poor", and he is a Director of Village Health Works, a Burundi-based non-profit.
English was the President of Boston Light Software (BLS), a small business ecommerce company he co-founded in Arlington, Massachusetts in 1998. BLS was sold to Intuit in 1999, where English became Intuit’s Vice President of Technology. At Intuit, he managed the QuickBooks web site creation and merchant account / service ecommerce development teams and he led the creation of the Intuit Developer Network and the Intuit Innovation Lab.
English is the founder of the World Xiangqi League (WXL), an online Chinese chess community created in 1997 as a place for different cultures to meet online. The WXL had over 100,000 active members and servers in seven countries, and frequently hosted games by world renowned xiangqi masters. (English hopes to get the WXL online again at some point.)
English was a Director at Intermute from 1999 to 2005, where he led the design and development of “SpamSubtract”, a popular anti-junk-email product that was sold at retail and distributed with millions of PCs worldwide. InterMute was sold to Trend Micro
Trend Micro
Trend Micro Inc. is a computer security company. It is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and markets Trend Micro Internet Security, Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security, OfficeScan, and other related security products and services...
in May 2005.
English previously worked in as SVP of Engineering and SVP of Product Management and Marketing at Interleaf
Interleaf
Founded in 1981, Interleaf was a company that created software products for the technical publishing creation and distribution process. Its initial product was the first commercial document processor that integrated text and graphics editing, producing WYSIWYG output at near-typeset quality...
in Waltham MA.
English worked as a software engineer at Texet Corporation (electronic publishing software) in Arlington MA, at Haemonetics (blood centrifuge device drivers) in Braintree MA, at Data General (operations research) in Westboro MA, at APC Systems (real-time data acquisition for the US Air Force) in Melrose MA, and at Individeo (sound effect development) in Woburn MA.
English received a BA in Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
from UMASS Boston in 1987, an MS in Computer Science in 1989. English graduated from Boston Latin School
Boston Latin School
The Boston Latin School is a public exam school founded on April 23, 1635, in Boston, Massachusetts. It is both the first public school and oldest existing school in the United States....
in 1982. English was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1963, and has always lived in the Boston area.
English currently lectures on entrepreneurship several times a year at Boston area universities, including UMASS Boston, Harvard Business School and MIT Sloan.
English is on the product advisory board for LinkedIn
LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a business-related social networking site. Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. , LinkedIn reports more than 120 million registered users in more than 200 countries and territories. The site is available in English, French,...
, and he frequently consults for venture capital firms to evaluating startup technologies, strategies and teams.
A 2010 Inc. Magazine article detailed Mr. English's effective daily habits
People Magazine profiled Mr. English in 2005.
Time Magazine described English's business model for Kayak.com
Kayak.com
KAYAK is a technology company providing online travel tools through its global family of websites and mobile applications. Started by cofounders of Expedia, Orbitz, and Travelocity, KAYAK allows users to compare information from hundreds of other travel websites in one display when booking travel...
in a 2007 article