Bob Kasenchak

Bob Kasenchak
Information Architect
Factor, USA

Bob Kasenchak is an information architect at Factor. As a taxonomist and ontologist with an interest in knowledge graphs and Linked Data, he has worked for over a decade building and implementing taxonomy projects for publishing, enterprise, technology, and e-commerce clients. He brings experience with information modeling and semantic software to client-focused metadata and vocabulary projects. A frequent writer and presenter on semantic topics in conferences and journals, Bob’s current research interests include AI ethics, ontologies, knowledge graphs, and text classification.

Bob holds an MM in Theoretical Studies from the New England Conservatory of Music and a BA in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College, Santa Fe. He lives in Albuquerque with his wife and two cats.

Taxonomy Boot Camp London 2026

Tuesday, 14 April 2026

12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

TBC102: Demystifying the semantic layer

Bite-sized Taxonomy Boot Camp Online 2025

Wednesday 20 March 2025

4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Semantics

Bite-sized Taxonomy Boot Camp London 2023

Wednesday 11 October 2023

2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Taxonomies in SharePoint: challenges and opportunities

Bite-sized Taxonomy Boot Camp London March 2021

Tuesday 2 March 2021

4:00 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.

How many truths can you handle? Recognising and handling vagueness in taxonomies and ontologies

Taxonomy Boot Camp London 2019

Tuesday 15 October 2019

2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Validating a taxonomy with stakeholders

Taxonomy Boot Camp London 2018

Tuesday 16 October 2018

12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Why words matter in taxonomy development

11:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.

Cutting-edge applications for taxonomies

Taxonomy Boot Camp London 2017

Tuesday, 17 October 2017

2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Building up taxonomies to maximise their effectiveness

4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Machine learning and NLP

Taxonomy Boot Camp London 2016

Tuesday, 18 October 2016

4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Strategy and governance

2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.	Tools and platforms for semantics
12:35 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.	Taxonomies for information retrieval