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  "basics": {
    "email": "j@jaylatta.net",
    "label": "I’ve worked in technology since the last millennium. From acoustic couplers and early networks to AI, I’ve watched technologies change while the underlying mechanisms stayed remarkably consistent.",
    "location": {
      "address": "3142 Genf, Switzerland"
    },
    "name": "Jay Latta",
    "url": "https://vutuv.de/jaylatta"
  },
  "education": [
    {
      "endDate": "2000-09",
      "institution": "Various Universities"
    },
    {
      "endDate": "1992-07",
      "institution": "Various schools"
    }
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "name": "Broadcast Journalism"
    },
    {
      "name": "Comedian"
    },
    {
      "name": "Comedy"
    },
    {
      "name": "Conference Speaking"
    },
    {
      "name": "Humans"
    },
    {
      "name": "Improvisational Comedy"
    },
    {
      "name": "innovation"
    },
    {
      "name": "journalism"
    },
    {
      "name": "keynote"
    },
    {
      "name": "Keynote Speaking"
    },
    {
      "name": "Motivational Speaking"
    },
    {
      "name": "Online Journalism"
    },
    {
      "name": "Stand-up Comedy"
    },
    {
      "name": "tech"
    },
    {
      "name": "workshops"
    }
  ],
  "work": [
    {
      "name": "Illuminex AI",
      "position": "Strategy Advisor",
      "startDate": "2025"
    },
    {
      "name": "Clover",
      "position": "Strategy Advisor",
      "startDate": "2025"
    },
    {
      "name": "the binfluencer",
      "position": "Tech-Journalist/ -Philosopher/ -Comedian",
      "startDate": "2024",
      "summary": "Explores the intersections of tech, philosophy, and humor."
    },
    {
      "name": "IEEE",
      "position": "Expert",
      "startDate": "2024-05",
      "summary": "Spatial computing for metaverse initiatives."
    },
    {
      "name": "StratInt",
      "position": "...",
      "startDate": "2022"
    },
    {
      "name": "SXSW",
      "position": "SXSW Pitch Advisory Board Member",
      "startDate": "2021",
      "summary": "Helped pick the next big thing in startups and emerging tech."
    },
    {
      "name": "JL",
      "position": "Privatier",
      "startDate": "2020-03"
    },
    {
      "name": "m0m",
      "position": "Owner",
      "startDate": "2020-01"
    },
    {
      "name": "Go To-U",
      "position": "Member of the Board",
      "startDate": "2019"
    },
    {
      "name": "Technical_Heaven",
      "position": "Chief Evangelist",
      "startDate": "2018"
    },
    {
      "name": "Learning Economy",
      "position": "Senior Advisor",
      "startDate": "2018"
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2026-04",
      "name": "融合派",
      "position": "Fusionist",
      "startDate": "2020-01",
      "summary": "Intersection of Art&Tech"
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2025-08",
      "name": "Future Tech Speakers",
      "position": "Speaker",
      "startDate": "2010-08",
      "summary": "Talked about emerging tech worldwide."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2024",
      "name": "STINT - Strategic Intelligence for New Technologies",
      "position": "Chief Dreamer & Founder",
      "startDate": "2010",
      "summary": "Ran a tech think tank for 14 years, acquired by a strategic consultancy."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2024-11",
      "name": "ג'יי-די",
      "position": "Founder",
      "startDate": "2022",
      "summary": "Built and sold a small defense publishing venture in 2024."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2024-04",
      "name": "Spaceium Inc.",
      "position": "Advisor",
      "startDate": "2023",
      "summary": "Gave strategic guidance on tech and operations for a Canadian space venture."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2020",
      "name": "BMW Group",
      "position": "Emerging Technology & Innovation Strategy",
      "startDate": "2011",
      "summary": "Scouted emerging tech, managed innovation, and wrote position papers on AI, quantum computing, blockchain, and long-term data storage."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2011",
      "name": "Matrix",
      "position": "Consulting & Project Management – IT and Strategy",
      "startDate": "2002",
      "summary": "Led projects and consulting engagements across IT infrastructure, web services, and strategic initiatives for corporate clients."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2008",
      "name": "…",
      "position": "Freelance Security Researcher",
      "startDate": "1985",
      "summary": "Started by finding corporate BBS vulnerabilities for pay; got CEH and CPTS certified later."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2001",
      "name": "IDG Enterprise",
      "position": "New Media – Leading Role",
      "startDate": "1999",
      "summary": "Oversaw websites, systems, and digital strategy for a media publisher - kept things running and occasionally innovated."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2000",
      "name": "Company",
      "position": "Founder / Owner",
      "startDate": "1994",
      "summary": "Built a company in Antwerp, traveled too much, sold it in 2000."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2000",
      "name": "Military",
      "position": "Information & Analysis",
      "startDate": "1992",
      "summary": "Served quietly; learned enough, moved on."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "1999",
      "name": "Siemens",
      "position": "Enterprise Systems (short interlude)",
      "startDate": "1999",
      "summary": "Brief work inside large-scale enterprise IT systems."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "1999",
      "name": "Various Companies",
      "position": "System Administrator",
      "startDate": "1997",
      "summary": "Made Sun and SGI systems play nice with Windows in research labs."
    },
    {
      "endDate": "1990",
      "name": "Various Companies",
      "position": "Co-Founder, engineer",
      "startDate": "1986",
      "summary": "Dabbled in software, hardware, and company formation before anyone called it a startup."
    }
  ]
}