Full Name
Jeff Jonas
Job Title
Data Scientist; Former IBM Fellow; Serial Entrepreneur; Founder and Chief Scientist
Company
Senzing
Brief Biography
Jeff Jonas, founder and CEO of Senzing, is an acclaimed data scientist and the leading creator of Entity Resolution systems. For more than three decades, he has been at the forefront of solving complex big data problems for companies and governments. National Geographic recognized him as the Wizard of Big Data.
A three-time entrepreneur, Jeff sold his last company to IBM in 2005. Prior to founding Senzing, Jeff served as an IBM Fellow and Chief Scientist of Context Computing at IBM. He led a team focused on creating next-generation AI for Entity Resolution technology, code-named G2. At IBM, G2 was deployed in many innovative ways, including modernizing US voter registration through a joint effort with Pew Charitable Trust, and helping the Singaporean government build a maritime domain awareness system to better protect the Malacca Straits. In August of 2016, Senzing was founded from a unique, one-of-a-kind IBM spinout of the G2 technology and team.
Jeff is a highly sought-after speaker. He regularly meets with government leaders, industry executives and think tanks around the globe about innovation, national security and privacy. Jeff serves on the boards of the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), and the advisory board of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). He is a Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and a Distinguished Engineer of Information Systems (adjunct) at Singapore Management University (SMU).
Jeff was awarded an honorary PhD in Science in 2015 from Claremont Graduate University and is the author or co-author of 14 patents. His work has been featured in documentaries airing on networks such as the Discovery Channel, and he has been the subject of prominent chapters in books such as "No Place to Hide;" "Safe: The Race to Protect Ourselves in a Newly Dangerous World;" "The Numerati;" and "The Watchers: The Rise of America’s Surveillance State."
A three-time entrepreneur, Jeff sold his last company to IBM in 2005. Prior to founding Senzing, Jeff served as an IBM Fellow and Chief Scientist of Context Computing at IBM. He led a team focused on creating next-generation AI for Entity Resolution technology, code-named G2. At IBM, G2 was deployed in many innovative ways, including modernizing US voter registration through a joint effort with Pew Charitable Trust, and helping the Singaporean government build a maritime domain awareness system to better protect the Malacca Straits. In August of 2016, Senzing was founded from a unique, one-of-a-kind IBM spinout of the G2 technology and team.
Jeff is a highly sought-after speaker. He regularly meets with government leaders, industry executives and think tanks around the globe about innovation, national security and privacy. Jeff serves on the boards of the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), and the advisory board of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). He is a Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and a Distinguished Engineer of Information Systems (adjunct) at Singapore Management University (SMU).
Jeff was awarded an honorary PhD in Science in 2015 from Claremont Graduate University and is the author or co-author of 14 patents. His work has been featured in documentaries airing on networks such as the Discovery Channel, and he has been the subject of prominent chapters in books such as "No Place to Hide;" "Safe: The Race to Protect Ourselves in a Newly Dangerous World;" "The Numerati;" and "The Watchers: The Rise of America’s Surveillance State."
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