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Istvan Jonyer
COO at LifeAdapt
United States
Overview
Istvan Jonyer is currently the Managing Director at Sidespin Ventures, with a background spanning roles at Google as Head of Strategic Device Partnerships and experience as an expert witness. He holds a Ph.D. in ML/AI, an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, and has invested in a variety of sectors including DeepTech, FinTech, and AI, focusing on supporting diverse founders and early-stage startups.
Work Experience
CEO
2019 - Current
Experienced strategist who has held leadership roles at Google, venture capital funds, startups, and in academia. Extensive leadership, management, research, and software engineering experience in various areas of computer science with leading technology companies. At Google, I was responsible for launching Google TV (later Chromecast) devices with OEMs and SoC vendors like Sony, Samsung, LG, Sharp, Vizio, Logitech, Intel, Marvell, and MediaTek. Earlier, I designed 3G mobile communication systems for Nortel Networks. I was also an assistant professor of computer science with an NSF-funded machine learning research program. I have been a venture capitalist with four funds covering frontier technologies like machine learning, autonomous vehicles, and AR/VR. Ph.D. in machine learning and artificial intelligence. MBA focusing on entrepreneurship and venture capital from Carnegie Mellon University. Science commercialization (examples): - 12bit.AI (Medical foundation models) - LifeAdapt (Cognitive health assessment, monitoring) - [Stealth] Mixed reality startup Corporate clients (examples): - Berkshire Hathaway (technology strategy) - WordPress (acquisition due diligence) - Broadcom (patent portfolio valuation) - PwC (technology advisory) - Omni Bridgeway (technology advisory) Expert witness consulting: - 20+ cases - 4 depositions - 1 trial testimony
Principal
2015 - 2018
Led investment theses in machine learning, robotics, autonomous vehicles, robotics, mobile video streaming, and virtual and augmented reality.
Startup Consulting
2012 - 2014
Startup consulting: - 12bit AI (Medical foundation models) - Rescale (Product) - Near-Me (Product & Eng) - NimbleVC (3Gear Systems, acq. by Oculus - Strategy) - MediaMark (Strategy) - Fantasy Brain (Fantasy sports social network)
Head of Strategic Device Partnerships, Google TV
2010 - 2012
Awards: Google TV Hall of Fame, Outstanding Leadership, Operating Committee Award, Peer Award. Responsible for scaling the Google TV vertical via device partnerships. Architected the launch process, from partner on-boarding through technical implementation to final device approval and launch. Partners included chipset vendors (Intel, Marvel, etc.) and OEMs (Sony, Samsung, LG, Vizio, etc.). This role merges skill sets from product management, commercialization, business development, and entrepreneurship.
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Summer Associate
2009 - 2009
Venture capital. Deal flow and due diligence on spinout opportunities from multinational companies, such as GE, NTT, and OKI Data. MBA internship.
New Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm specializing in corporate spinouts, and seed-, early-, and mid-stage investments.
Assistant Professor
2003 - 2008
Select achievements: • Award-winning publication at the Florida International Conference for Artificial Intelligence, 2003 • Founded the Tulsa Supercomputing Center, the largest such facility at OSU • Principal investigator on National Science Foundation and Department of Transportation research grants • Published peer-reviewed book chapters, journals, and conference articles • Ranked among the top faculty for teaching • Organizer: -- Data Mining Special Track at the Florida International Conference for Artificial Intelligence -- Grammar Induction Workshop at the International Machine Learning Conference (ICML)
Software Engineer
2000 - 2003
Designed key features for Nortel’s 1st generation 3G mobile packet data serving node (PDSN). Select achievements: • Implemented the Open-RP protocol for the Shasta Networks PDSN • Proposed improvements to the SprintVision backend that allowed a 20% increase in transmission speed to end-users on multimedia streaming. • Certification lead of a Kyocera mobile phone on the Sprint PCS network. Created a new process that reduced certification time by 30%.
Nortel Technology is to developed next-generation technologies, for both service provider and enterprise networks.