Technology >> CEO Interviews >> March 17, 2004
DR. ZVI SCHREIBER is the Founder & CEO of Unicorn Solutions. Mr.
Schreiber has many years of experience as a software innovator and
executive in the US, UK and Israel. Most recently he was the Founder and
CEO, then CTO of Tradeum Inc., which pioneered the concept of business-
to-business exchanges, creating a generic software platform for dynamic
trading of direct goods - some months before the term "B2B" was
invented. Schreiber founded Tradeum in October 1998, and in March 2000
sold the company to VerticalNet Inc. for $500 million, and renamed it
VerticalNet Solutions. It was chosen shortly afterwards as the platform
for the Converge consortium of high-tech companies (including HP, Compaq
& NEC) in a deal worth $115 million. Prior to Tradeum, Schreiber was the
Founding Partner of a successful consulting business advising high
technology firms and venture capital funds. This followed a number of
years implementing and selling OEM implementations of complex
communication protocols at Data Connection Limited and supporting
customers including IBM, HP & Alcatel. There, Schreiber founded a
business unit in safety critical software, servicing clients such as the
General Electrical Company and British Rail. Schreiber earned a Ph.D. in
Theoretical Computer Science and an M.Sc. with Distinction in
Theoretical Physics from Imperial College of Science, London and an M.A.
in Pure Mathematics with First Class Honors from the University of
Cambridge. Schreiber is a frequent speaker at major industry events,
including ED Venture's PC Forum, the Wilshire Meta-Data Conference &
DAMA (Data Management Association International) Symposium, the Wilshire
Enterprise Data Forum (EDF), TTI/Vanguard, and the IRM UK Data
Management and Information Quality Conferences Europe, among others. Profile
Unicorn Solutions and an overview of things as they are now?
Dr. Schreiber: Unicorn was founded on the 1st of January
