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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.

Hänkejh was honored as a Smithsonian Laureate in 1999 for his work with surgeon Dr. Robert Lazzara as CTO of Virtual OR (now Swedish Medical), a pioneer at the nexus of telemedicine & minimally invasive robotic-assisted surgery, setting the stage for the first fully accredited virtual operating rooms worldwide (a permanent Smithsonian Museum of American History 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