About Jason
I am a…
Brainstormer, Change Agent, Connector, Entrepreneur, Idea generator, Marketer, Promoter, Technologist
Bio
Jason is the co-founder and CEO of August Home, maker of the August Smart Lock and ranked number three on the Wall Street Journal’s 25 Top Tech Companies to Watch. Recognized by Goldman Sachs as one the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs, Johnson is also a managing partner of the startup incubator Founders Den and founder of the Internet of Things Consortium. With 24 years of marketing technology products, Jason previously co-founded mobile security software company AirCover and ebook software startup BookShout! Prior to that he was a vice president of Dolby Laboratories.
I'm passionate about
Technology that is disruptive
An idea worth spreading
Secure global identity management
Areas of expertise
Creating Synergy, Delivering Technology, Home Automation, Intellectual property peace brokering, Startups, Entrepreneurship
The TED story
My friend Michael Levit had been a TED member for a while. Each year he would come back from Monterey and tell me how interesting it was. I was fortunate to attend the last TED in Monterey and several since.
Things you might not know
multiparty negotiations