Dr. Ari Kristinn Jónsson
President
Dr. Jónsson is the President of the NATO Innovation Fund. As President, he drives operational excellence in meeting the Fund’s commercial, adoption and capacity building goals. He also serves as an advocate for the NIF and its portfolio companies across the 24 nations backing the Fund.
Dr. Jónsson joins the NIF from Icelandic tech company Videntifier, where he has been serving as CEO. He previously served as President of one of Iceland’s largest universities. Before that, he was a senior research scientist and manager at NASA for 10 years. He graduated with a PhD from Stanford University in 1997, with focus on artificial intelligence.
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