Greg Sherwin

Greg Sherwin takes a human-centered approach towards solving complex systems problems at the ecosystem level through collaborative leadership, diverse teams, innovative technology, and experimental data. His career spans executive technology, data, and product leadership roles at startups, global corporates, and academic research laboratories—mostly in Silicon Valley but also Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Greg's journey includes co-founding LearnStreet, an award-winning edtech startup backed by Khosla Ventures, establishing the national website for the American Red Cross, serving as VPE at Singularity University headquarters from 2015 to 2018, and most recently co-leading a global Center of Excellence for experimentation and organizational learning at Farfetch in Lisbon.

His scientific and academic background includes pioneering work in satellite communication control systems at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and contributions to experimental research in high-energy particle physics at Stanford's SLAC Linear Accelerator Center. Greg earned a degree in electrical engineering and computer science with a minor in philosophy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and he researched neuroscience in the University of California, Berkeley Bioengineering PhD program. He also co-authored one of the first books on Internet public relations, which became a university textbook.

Today you will also find him researching AI policy, mentoring startups and scaleups, and providing advisory board leadership to The House of Beautiful Business, Sónar Lisboa, Planetiers, and the Peace-Led Climate Friendly Sustainable Development Forum in Singapore. He is currently based in Lisbon, Portugal.

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