Gary Culliss

Gary Culliss (born 1970) is an American entrepreneur who has founded several technology companies, including the search engine company Direct Hit Technologies^[1] and the interactive voice telecommunications company, SoundBite Communications (NASDAQ: SDBT).^[2]

Biography

Culliss grew up in Overland Park, Kansas^{[citation needed]} and has a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of South Florida,^{[citation needed]} a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School^{[citation needed]} and an MBA in finance from the Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania.^{[citation needed]} He currently lives with his wife and four children in Rye, New Hampshire.^{[citation needed]}

Patents

Culliss holds a number of patents relating to computer and telephony systems, including US Pat. 6,006,222,^[3] US Pat. 6,078,916^[4] and US Pat. 6,014,665^[5] all entitled "Method for organizing information," as well as US Pat. 6,785,363^[6] entitled "Voice message delivery method and system" and US Pat. 7,054,419^[7] entitled "Answering machine detection for voice message delivery method and system."