Dr. Jarred McGinnis is an independent consultant in Semantic Technologies. Dr. McGinnis received a PhD in Informatics from the University of Edinburgh in 2006. After working as a research associate for several years, he joined the Press Association, as the Head of Research, Semantic Technologies, investigating the role of technologies such as text-mining, description logics and Linked Data in the news industry. Dr. McGinnis is also a visiting Research Fellow at King's College London.