“WE CAN’T PREDICT THE FUTURE,
BUT WE CAN SURE KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT.”
Jonathan helps companies make bigger bets while decreasing risk. He works with senior leaders to make sense of complex decisions, envision the future that that is right for them and communicate it.
He is a foresight practitioner, communications leader and innovation consultant with deep hands-on experience in additive manufacturing, architecture, virtual reality and 3D simulation. His companies have developed 325 launched products and designed over $1B of real estate.
He is currently a Research Fellow, Client Advisor and Board Member of Frost & Sullivan, one of the world’s largest growth strategy and market intelligence firms. Previously, he was the Global Futurist at HP, where he led the research programs that identify the company's portfolio of longterm opportunities and threats. In this role, he was deeply engaged in all future of work initiatives as well as multiple programs around research into extended reality, IoT and workstations.
He has extensive experience in developing both physical and digital products. He was a Creative Executive at Frog, one of the world’s largest product design firms and the Chief Executive of boutique innovation firms whose innovation have generated $27 billion dollars in new revenue for customers in Real Estate, Manufacturing and Food. Clients include: the US government, MIT Media Lab, and top-tier brands such as Microsoft, PepsiCo and Samsung. He holds a degree in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute and has completed extensive executive training at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
He is represented by The Lavin Agency Speakers Bureau and the Levine Rostan Greenberg Literary Agency. One of the areas that he speaks about extensively is the future of manufacturing. He is the keynote speaker at additive manufacturing events, including: RAPID+TCT, Houstex, Eastec, Westec, Southtec.
