Tim Mayer heads up Web search product management at Inktomi and is responsible for the future product direction of the Inktomi Web search engine. Prior to Inktomi, Mayer worked at Thomson & Thomson as the project manager of the SAEGIS and NameStake platforms, developing new domain name, trademark and Internet content database products for intellectual property and marketing professionals. Mayer also worked as a policy analyst for RealNames, an Internet keyword navigation platform provider, creating policy for the appropriate ownership of Internet keywords. Mayer received an MBA from Babson College, Wellesley, Mass., and a BA in English Literature from Hobart College, Geneva, New York.