Jonas Lamis
Founder and Executive Director, SciVestor
Tech Startups Guru
Jonas Lamis is the founder and Executive Director of SciVestor, a research and advisory firm focused on understanding how the coming waves of technology (artificial intelligence, robotics, life enhancement and others) will disrupt the business, economic, and social frameworks of society.
He is also the Director of Partnerships at the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence. He manages partnerships between the business and investment communities, and the Institute. He is organizer of The Singularity Summit, and his company hosts an annual emerging technologies workshop associated with that event.
Jonas is also a general partner of Tech Ranch Austin; an incubator for pre-seed and seed stage technology companies that can change the world. Over the last decade, Mr. Lamis has held executive and managerial roles in venture-backed software companies. Prior to founding SciVestor, he was the Vice President of Alliances and Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Troux Technologies.
He also is the founder and Editor of Architecture and Governance Magazine. A&G is the leading magazine focused on helping large IT organizations plan and manage major transformation initiatives. The magazine is circulated to approximately 15,000 key IT decision-makers on a quarterly basis. Jonas writes on technology futurism, innovation, business, and personal topics at several blogs in addition to SciVestor Insight, including:
- The Lamisphere
- SIAI Blog
- RealPolitix
- Tech Ranch Austin
- Architecture & Governance Magazine
He holds a Masters of Business Administration from The University of Texas, a Masters of Science from The Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelors of Science in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University.
