As Senior Vice President of Strategy & Growth Initiatives, Paul Gardi is responsible for leading the development, communication, implementation and measurement of Ask Jeeves' strategic business plan for the United States and internationally.
He is also responsible for Ask Jeeves external communications regarding search technology.

Prior to this new position, Gardi was senior vice president of search and general manager of Teoma. In this role he was responsible for guiding Ask Jeeves' search technology as well as the development, growth and integration of Teoma Technologies into Ask Jeeves, Inc. Gardi served as president of Teoma Technologies prior to Ask Jeeves' acquisition of the company.

After spending time in brand management at Procter & Gamble, where he launched Liquid Gain, Gardi worked with two East Coast venture capital firms and several high-tech startups, including e-Exchange.

A native of South Africa, Gardi received his BA and MBA from Harvard University.