John Lester—Pathfinder Linden

John Lester (also known as Pathfinder Linden) joined Linden Lab in
2005, bringing experience in online community development as well as a
background in the fields of healthcare and education. Previously he
was the Information Technology Director in the Neurology Service at
Massachusetts General Hospital, where he pioneered the use of the web
in 1993 to create online communities for supporting patients dealing
with neurological disorders. John also held an academic appointment at
Harvard Medical School, where he created online collaborative
environments for professors and students to advance the case-based
teaching method in medical education.

John is currently a Community and Education Manager at Linden Lab,
where he works with educators interested in using Second Life for
teaching and academic research. He also works to advance the use of
Second Life as a platform for "serious" applications such as
healthcare training, patient support groups, simulation, and
scientific visualization. You can learn more about him at http://pathfinderlinden.com