Born in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Woods holds a Ph.D and M.Math from the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo[2] in Canada and a B.Sc.
In 1998 Woods co-founded Pittsburgh-based voice-portal infrastructure company Quackware with Jeromy Carriere and Alex Quilici.
[7] Woods was vice president of voice services for America Online and Netscape after the acquisition of Quack.com in September, 2000.
[8] He founded NeoEdge in 2002 under the name Kinitos[9] along with former America Online, Netscape, and Quack.com colleagues including Jeromy Carriere.
[1][11] While at the University of Waterloo, Woods captained the varsity Waterloo Warriors golf team and in 1995 was co-winner of the Ontario University Athletics "Len Shore Trophy" for top individual performance.