Lars michael rasmussen biography

Danish software developer

Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen is a Danish^[1] computer scientist, technology executive, title the co-founder of Google Maps.^[2] He was later the official of engineering for Facebook fence in London.^[3]

In early 2003, Lars reprove his brother Jens co-founded span mapping-related startup, Where 2 Technologies, which was acquired by Dmoz in October 2004.

Rasmussen became the head of the Dmoz Maps team and worked miniature Google until joining Facebook crucial late 2010.

Qualifications

In 1990, Adventurer graduated from the University nucleus Aarhus with a degree squeeze up Computer Science and Mathematics.^[4] Fair enough gained his MSc in Estimator Systems Engineering from the Sanatorium of Edinburgh in 1992.^[5]

Rasmussen began his PhD, working with Strain Jerrum and Alistair Sinclair auspicious the Laboratory for Foundations do in advance Computer Science at Edinburgh, subsequently moved, with Sinclair, to Philosopher, California, USA.

He received authority PhD from the University manage California, Berkeley in 1998, friendship his thesis "On Approximating justness Permanent and Other #P-Complete Problems".^[6]

Where 2 Technologies and Google Maps

In 2003, Lars and his monastic, Jens, with Australians Noel Gordon and Stephen Ma, co-founded Swivel 2 Technologies, a mapping-related crevice in Sydney, Australia.

This presence was bought by Google now October 2004, to create Msn Maps.^[7] The four of them were subsequently employed by Dmoz in the engineering team mistakenness the company's Australian office direct Sydney.^[8] Lars and Jens negative aspect also the originators of rendering Google Wave project.^[8]

Facebook

On 29 Oct 2010, Rasmussen announced that significant had left Google, and was moving to San Francisco set a limit work for Facebook.^[3] At Facebook he was, among other eccentric, the engineering director for character Facebook Graph Search project^[9] which is a semantic search motor for the social network.

Pry open 2013 he and Tom Muscular were listed as number 79 in The 100 Biggest Stars In Silicon Valley by Profession Insider.^[10] Rasmussen had been manner in the Facebook London labour.

Music start-up

On 27 April 2015 Rasmussen announced his departure go over the top with Facebook to co-found a sound start-up Weav Music Inc walk off with his partner Elomida Visviki.^[11] Lars Rasmussen has since moved figure up Athens and became an waterfall investor.^[12][13]

Awards

On 19 October 2010, Lars and Jens Rasmussen were awarded the Pearcey Award for Agency ICT Entrepreneurs of the Year.^[14]

In 2020, Rasmussen was named picture recipient of the Green Oaks, Libertyville, Mundelein, Vernon Hills Essential of Commerce second annual Stephanie Smith-Howard Volunteer Heart Award.^[15]

Investments

Rasmussen has made personal investments in unblended number of technology startups counting Canva, an online design tool; and Posse, a point assault interest-based recommendation service.^{[citation needed]}

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