Eric Ly

Founder & CEO · KarmaCheck.com · company speakers →

Eric Ly is the Founder & CEO of KarmaCheck.com, an industry trailblazer. It uses data-driven technology to bring truth, speed, and efficiency to credentialing verification. In addition to founding KarmaCheck, Ly is the co-founder of LinkedIn where he served as the Chief Technology Officer. Ly helped launch LinkedIn strategically, designing and implementing the networking and search algorithms. Ly is a technology veteran who focuses on the invention and creative use of new technologies that aim to change how we express ourselves and interact with the world. Holding two U.S. patents, Eric is on the leading edge of leveraging the power of social networks in online marketplaces. He received his education at Stanford University with a Bachelors in Symbolic Systems as well as his Ph.D. in Computer Science. To complement his passion for social networking, he also studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he earned his M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences.

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