Jason developed Beacon Moment as a side project while working as Research Fellow for the National Geographic Society’s Genographic Project. While leading research and field expeditions to investigate human origins, Jason saw colleagues – in particular younger scientists – with great projects who were struggling to fund their research. Beacon Moment grew out of his desire to see those projects realized.
Prior to National Geographic, Jason was Product Manager at Silicon Genetics, a bioinformatics company that was acquired by Agilent Technologies in 2004. Jason graduated with Honors from Stanford University.
Jason Blue-Smith – Founder & Executive Director
Zach is in charge of tech development at Beacon Moment and is owner of Exygy, a web services and applications development company based in San Francisco. Prior to founding Exygy, Zach conducted academic research on computational neuroscience and large scale WiFi networking. He graduated with Honors from Dartmouth College.
Zach Berke – Technology Director
RJ guides communications and messaging for Beacon Moment, and is Director of the Energy & Environment Practice at Hattaway Communications. He has served as a communications consultant for clients in politics, government, clean energy, and technology. He has an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in Political Science from The Ohio State University.
RJ Bee – Communications