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In the dark ages, Damion invented Internet customer service before IBM coined eCommerce in 1997 - and founded InstantService.com (now Oracle / $1B rollup) - the first carrier-class chat telecom platform for secure real-time Internet support. Every serious eCommerce company uses this today.

More recently, Damion won IBM's worldwide AI Watson Developer challenge among teams spanning 18 industries/43 countries, becoming the 6th granted access to IBM's cognitive supercomputer, Watson. His FANG toy (Friendly Anthropomorphic Networked Genome) is the first adaptive education service powered by cognitive computing. Its manifestation was a Watson powered plush toy prototype designed to hold a secure, adaptive conversation with kids, parents, and teachers.

An hour ago, Damion founded HRDN - uncomputable security beyond decryption embodied in a hardware appliance to immunize networks and data - in flight and at rest - from quantum decryption, man-in-the-middle hacks, and brute force/AI attacks.

Damion Hänkejh was honored as a Smithsonian Laureate in 1999 for his pioneering work alongside surgeon Dr. Robert Lazzara, serving as CTO of Virtual OR (now Swedish Medical). The company stood at the forefront of telemedicine and minimally invasive robotic-assisted surgery.

Originally developed to extend the expertise of specialist surgeons onto the American battlefield and save soldiers’ lives, Virtual OR established the world’s first fully accredited virtual operating rooms and accelerated the training of battle-ready robotic-assisted surgeons working remotely. The groundbreaking technology was added to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History's permanent collection.

Damion has advocated for amfAR since 1995 - and built the foundation's first website & HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Directory Database - the first and only comprehensive online resource covering global treatment research and clinical trials.

Damion advises IBM, Bain & Co, McKinsey, Fidelity, et al.

Photo: Peter Bell @ NASDAQ CTO Summit