Ahren E. Lehnert is an information and knowledge management professional with twenty years’ experience in taxonomy, text analytics, search, and content and records management. He has developed enterprise taxonomies and knowledge development and retrieval strategies as a consultant and full-time employee in a broad range of industries.

Ahren writes about and is a frequent speaker on industry topics in company-sponsored webinars, large conferences like KMWorld, and a host of other venues. Ahren is Senior Manager, Graph Solutions at Synaptica, LLC, a provider of taxonomy, ontology, and text analytics products and services. He lives and works in Oakland, California. If you don’t find him swimming in information, you will find him swimming laps.

Bob Kasenchak is an information architect at Factor. A taxonomist and ontologist with an interest in knowledge graphs and Linked Data, he has worked for over a decade building and implementing taxonomy projects for publishing, enterprise, technology, and e-commerce clients. He brings experience with information modeling and semantic software to client-focused metadata and vocabulary projects.

Bob holds an MM in Theoretical Studies from the New England Conservatory of Music and a BA in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College, Santa Fe; he put in 5 years towards a PhD in Music Theory at the University of Texas before abandoning academia for the information industry. A frequent writer and presenter on semantic topics in conferences and journals, Bob’s current research interests include ontologies, knowledge graphs, and text classification. He lives in Albuquerque with his wife and elderly cat.

Patrick Lambe is a globally recognised knowledge management practitioner, Patrick was originally trained in Information and Library Science. Patrick is the author of Organising Knowledge: Taxonomies, Knowledge and Organisation Effectiveness (Oxford: Chandos 2007), and co-author with Nick Milton of the award-winning The Knowledge Manager’s Handbook 2nd ed. (London: Kogan Page 2019).

Patrick is Visiting Professor in the KIM PhD programme at Bangkok University, and former President of the International Society for Knowledge Organization Singapore Chapter. His next book, on Principles of Knowledge Auditing: Foundations of Knowledge Management Implementation will be published by the MIT Press in late 2022. Patrick spends his time between Singapore and Dublin, Ireland.

Stephanie Lemieux is President of Dovecot Studio, an information management consultant and taxonomy and metadata expert. She has more than 15 years experience helping organizations across industries structure, manage, and organize their content and data. Past clients include The Coca-Cola Company, General Mills, and the International Monetary Fund.

Stephanie is an active member of the global taxonomy community. She has been Chair of Taxonomy Boot Camp since 2016, and is a regular speaker at information management conferences around the world. Stephanie is also a frequent guest lecturer at McGill University, where she earned a Master’s in Library and Information Studies with a specialization in knowledge management.

Michele Ann Jenkins is an information management consultant specializing in taxonomy-driven content strategy for Dovecot Studio. She has more than 20 years’ experience working with organizations across various industries, including Harvard Business Publishing, EA Games, and the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR).

Michele takes a holistic approach to information and content management, drawing from a multidisciplinary background in programming, IA/UX design, information science, and publishing. She is skilled at guiding clients through the entire content management process: from creating high-level strategic roadmaps through development, implementation, and migration to ongoing support and training.