Hi everyone! My name is Yer and I am a new Data Curator for Diffbot. I am the epitome of a Californian, or at least I think I am. I was born and raised here spending time in both Northern and Southern California. I’m a dreamer and a doer who wants to make an impact to […]
Diffbot Team
Welcome Dan Urman – Lead Technical Support Engineer
Hi, folks! Dan here! I’ve always been interested in psychology and technology. My first website was a bunch of personality tests from my high school psychology class implemented in JavaScript. These hobbies led me to a career in web development, but eventually I realized that the best part of my job was actually when I […]
Welcome Oliver Lehmberg – Machine Learning Engineer
Hi! My name is Oliver and I am a new Machine Learning Engineer at Diffbot! I am from Germany and I have always been passionate about computer science as well as how to use computers to automate everyday tasks. After obtaining my master’s degree in Business Informatics, I joined the Data and Web Science Group […]
Welcome Tomer Balan – Senior Software Engineer
Hi there! My name is Tomer, and I’m a new Senior Software Engineer at Diffbot! I am from Tel Aviv, Israel, a city with beautiful beaches, restaurants, bars, and a lot of technology. As far back as I can remember, I have always been passionate about identifying and solving business problems using technology. For that […]
Welcome Priya Venkateshan – Senior Software Engineer
Hi, my name is Priya, and I’m a Senior Software Engineer at Diffbot. I grew up in Bangalore, India, and since everyone around me was getting into programming, I did too; though I secretly wanted to be in medicine or journalism. However, thanks to the professors and peers at NITK Surathkal, I discovered machine learning, got […]
Welcome Rick Deininger – Technical Support Engineer
Hello! My name is Rick Deininger and I am the newest member of the technical support team at Diffbot. I began working with computers when I was very little. However, as I grew up, I had less access to computers so I was not able to pursue those interests as much. After graduating high school, […]
Welcome Joone Hur – Software Engineer
Hello everyone! My name is Joone, and I am a new Software Engineer at Diffbot where I own the renderability and performance of the rendering farm here. For many years, I worked on web engines such as Gecko, WebKit and Chromium at Samsung and Intel Open Source Technology Center. Currently, I am pursuing a new adventure with […]
Welcome Dimitris Kontokostas – Software Engineer
Hello there! I am Dimitris, and I am a new Software Engineer at Diffbot! As the name implies, I am Greek. In particular, I am from the northern part of the mainland (far away from the beautiful beaches). I hold a degree in Electronics & Computer Engineering from the Technical University of Crete, a MSc in Web Science from Aristotle University […]
Welcome Julia Wiedmann – Machine Learning Engineer (Research)
Hi there! My name is Julia and I am a Machine Learning Research Engineer at Diffbot. Born and raised in Vienna, Austria, I moved to London to study Business. While I enjoyed my degree, I realized I was much more interested in technology, so I taught myself enough coding and math to qualify for […]
Welcome Lorenzo Torres – Technical Sourcer
I received my Bachelor’s Degree from University of Southern California (Fight On!) and then became a food truck driver and manager for a waffle dessert company in Pasadena, CA called Waffles de Liege. After 3 years, I felt that I wasn’t doing anything fulfilling and realized that I wanted to make an impact and difference […]