Abe Lederman earned a B.S. and M.S. Computer Science degrees, MIT He was a co-founder of Verity, and developed one of the earliest web-based search & retrieval applications in 1994. Abe is considered a pioneer in Deep Web Searching. His company, Deep Web Technologies, creates quality, tailored federated searches for notable organizations like the Intel Corporate Library, Scitopia.org and Science.gov.