Adam Pisoni is the founder and executive chairman of Always Be Learning. Previously, he was co-founder and CTO of Yammer, a corporate messaging company. He was a mentor at Alchemist Accelerator. He oversees engineering and all software development at Yammer. Before Yammer, he was a software architect at Geni, the company where Yammer was originally created. Prior to Geni, he was Director of Web Engineering at Shopzilla, playing a key role in systems architecture and product development. He was also co-founder and CTO of Cnation, a Web development consulting firm whose clients include CBS MarketWatch, BizRate.com, Fox Interactive, Nissan of Japan and Honda. Cnation's work for Honda won it the 1997 Clio award for interactive design.