Rimas Buinevicius is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sonic Foundry, a Nasdaq Company.  Mr. Buinevicius is a recognized figure in the technology industry, focused on the growing use of digital media for teaching, knowledge capture and information delivery.  Over the last four years, he has successfully reshaped Sonic Foundry’s product and service offering to a complete platform for webcasting, content management and search that is being adopted by higher education, government and corporations worldwide.
 
Mr. Buinevicius joined Sonic Foundry in 1994 and helped take the Company public in 1998.  Recently, the Company was recognized for the fourth time by Deloitte and Touche through its designation of Sonic Foundry as one of the “Fast 500”, ranked as the 125th fastest growing technology company in North America. The Company was also named on Ziff Davis Media’s Baseline Magazine’s list of the top ten fastest-growing software companies with sales under $150 million.
 
Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Buinevicius spent the majority of his professional career in various research and engineering development roles that spanned the biomedical, defense and industrial control industries. Mr. Buinevicius earned an M.B.A. degree from the University of Chicago; a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison; a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago; and is a recipient of Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award.