About Thorn Thorn partners across the tech industry, government and NGOs, leveraging technology to combat predatory behavior, rescue victims, and protect vulnerable children. About Eric Boutin Eric leads an engineering team for MemSQL in our Seattle office. This is background information from Eric on our work with Thorn. I was introduced to Federico Gomez Suarez, a volunteer working with Thorn, by a common friend. I was impressed by the work Thorn was doing, and excited about the opportunity to help them.

Engineering principles when coupled with a clear set of goals/constraints/behaviors can help guide the development of effective cognitive architectures.