Rami Ghandour
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Rami Ghandour is a computer scientist and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
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 most notable for designing an information mapping system used to categorize and build relationships among raw information and business intelligence. He is also the founder and CEO of Forestweb Inc. and Industry Intelligence Inc., where his proprietary mapping process is used to deliver actionable market intelligence
Market intelligence
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 to companies in the forest products, real estate
Real estate
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 development and investment, and packaging industries.

NRCTA Mapping Process

In February 1999, Ghandour developed a concept to achieve greater value from disparate and raw information through a mapping process that grabs individual items, contextualizes them, and then tracks and delivers the organized information into actionable knowledge solutions. The NRCTA system is best applied in an environment where a vast amount of information is generated and/or received every day, and where users need up-to-date and contextualized access.

Ghandour received the patent
Patent
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to his proprietary Network Resource Categorization and Tracking Apparatus, Method and Computer Medium (NRCTA) in 2007.

Forestweb Inc.

In April 1999, Ghandour and business partner Marwan Jaroudi founded Forestweb Inc. Forestweb uses the NRCTA mapping system to deliver market intelligence to the forest products industries in the U.S. and Canada.

Industry Intelligence Inc.

In 2008, Ghandour and Jaroudi founded Industry Intelligence Inc. to extend Forestweb's technology and information management solutions to companies in the real estate and plastic sectors, with further plans to broaden the company's coverage into other global industries.

Patent

United States Patent on Network Resource Categorization and Tracking Apparatus, Method and Computer-Medium, Patent No. 7,243,107, July 10, 2007.

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