Greg Skibiski

Greg Skibiski
Born1973 or 1974 (age 50–51)[1]
Northampton, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Known forFounder of Thasos Group, Founder of Sense Networks

Gregory Roman Skibiski (born 1973) is an American entrepreneur. Skibiski founded Thasos Group,[2] an artificial-intelligence-based data analytics firm that uses real-time locations from mobile phones worldwide to provide information for the financial services industry. Skibiski was also the Founder[3][4] and former chairman and CEO of Sense Networks, a New York City based company focused on analyzing big data from mobile phones and carrier networks.[1][5][6][7][8] Skibiski is named lead[9] inventor on three patent applications for analyzing emerging sensor data streams from mobile phones, culminating in the Macrosense, Citysense CitySense, and Cabsense None products.[10]

Citysense was named by ReadWriteWeb (in The New York Times) as "Top 10 Internet of Things Products of 2009".[11] Sense Networks was called "The Next Google" on the cover of Newsweek.[12] In a 2018 profile article on Skibiski, The Wall Street Journal stated that "Thasos is at the vanguard of companies trying to help traders get ahead of stock moves [..] using so-called alternative data".[13]

  1. ^ a b Fitzgerald, Michael. "Predicting Where You’ll Go and What You’ll Like", The New York Times, New York, 22 June 2008. Retrieved on 12 May 2010.
  2. ^ Dezember, Ryan. "Your Smartphone’s Location Data Is Worth Big Money to Wall Street", Wall Street Journal, New York, 2 November 2018. Retrieved on 21 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Sense Networks Secures Series B Funding for Location Analytics, Led by Intel Capital", Sense Networks corporate website, Media Center, New York, 30 June 2009. Retrieved on 14 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Press Release: Sense Networks Secures Series B Funding for Location Analytics, Led by Intel Capital", Intel Capital, New York, 30 June 2009. Retrieved on 13 May 2010.
  5. ^ Sheridan, Barrett. "A Trillion Points of Data", Newsweek, New York, 28 February 2009. Retrieved on 12 May 2010.
  6. ^ Baker, Stephen. "Mapping a New, Mobile Internet", Bloomberg Businessweek, New York, 26 February 2009. Retrieved on 12 May 2010.
  7. ^ Markoff, John. "You're Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy?", The New York Times, New York, 29 November 2008. Retrieved on 12 May 2010.
  8. ^ Sense Networks, Inc. corporate website. Retrieved on 12 May 2010.
  9. ^ US Patent & Trademark Office. Retrieved on 12 May 2010.
  10. ^ Silver, James. "The Hidden Persuaders", Wired Magazine, London, 22 June 2009. Retrieved on 12 May 2010.
  11. ^ Macmanus, Richard. "Top 10 Internet of Things Products of 2009", The New York Times, New York, 8 December 2009. Retrieved on 13 May 2010.
  12. ^ Clipping Newsweek 3 September 2009
  13. ^ Dezember, Ryan. "Your Smartphone’s Location Data Is Worth Big Money to Wall Street", The Wall Street Journal, New York, 2 November 2018. Retrieved on 21 July 2020.