David Warthen (born December 10, 1957) was one of the founders of Ask Jeeves, now called Ask.com,[1] an internet search engine. Warthen has served as Chief Technology Officer or Vice President of Engineering for a variety of companies,[2][3] many of them start-ups,[4][5][6] over his career.
David Warthen obtained B.A (Computer Science) from University of California, San Diego, and attended PhD program at University of California, Berkeley (2002 - 2004) but did not obtain a degree.[7]