Jason is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and global business advisor. He has successfully led high-performance teams, clients, and startups in the fields of artificial intelligence, blockchain, and VR, raising $100M+ in total for projects. Jason has advised dozens of Seed-Series B startups working directly with founders/CEOs. He was previously the CEO/founder of IMRSV, an NYC venture-backed AI company. Jason was also an EIR/advisor to a $20M early-stage VC fund based in SF. He has early-stage startup validation as TechStars, 500Startups, and Plug and Play alumni. In 2017, Jason founded a blockchain community around a ‘statement of work’ protocol for remote work. Today, he works with a team of PhD researchers at Blackbox AI to make artificial intelligence more accessible for business.
Jason has been a Forbes contributing writer along with appearances on CNN, Wired, Esquire Singapore, and The New York Times. He is an internationally recognized speaker at Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley, Singularity University Global Summit, NUS Business School, MIT Enterprise Forum, and a four-time TEDx speaker. He has also been a keynote speaker at Stryker Corporation and USC Aiken Chancellor Signature Series.