About

Jonathan has been developing web applications for over 20 years, and holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Toronto. Prior to founding ScribbleLive, he ran the development team for Canada's largest broadcaster.

In 2008, Jonathan founded ScribbleLive with Michael De Monte. As Chief Technology Officer (CTO), he wrote and maintained the entire codebase himself for the first year, and continued to stay actively involved in the development of the product until 2015. ScribbleLive has offices around the world and has raised $59M in capital.

His next venture Sam:) was created in 2015 and launched two of the most successful bots on the Kik Bot Shop. By connecting real people for chat, Sam:) accumulated an extensive database of natural conversations. Using artificial intelligence and NLP, Sam:) created friendly bots that mimicked natural human speech. Sam:) was acquired by Hugging Face in September 2017.

In July 2020, Jonathan founded Acies AI, a SaaS Enterprise Business Intelligence solution for the payment industry. Working with major brands, Acies AI converts raw transaction data into rich BI experiences and AI-driven insights.

Jonathan founded Baseline in 2022 and currently serves as its CTO. The company is building the operating system for private lending, giving lenders modern technology to manage their businesses and provide a better experience for borrowers and investors.

Patents

System and Method for Generating Digital Content US 20130268490 A1
System and method for managing online dynamic content EP 2697934 A1
System and methods for facilitating the synchronization of data US 9060007 B2/CA 2802746 C/US 8762332 B2
System and Method for Syndicating Dynamic Content for Online Publication US 20120284290 A1/WO 2012139200 A1/EP 2697935 A1