John Mercer

Founder Starstuff Ventures

John has spent over 20 years at the intersection of software engineering, data science, machine learning and product leadership across many industries. He is a successful software entrepreneur, 5x Head of Data Science driving transformational change at scaling start-ups, a former senior computational and technology lead at premier research institutes at MIT & Harvard, 3x hackathon winner, patented inventor and multiple award winning ML platform builder, 9x invited speaker, has published in top scientific journals, and a trusted advisor and consultant to executives in many industries. John graduated magna cum laude in Economics (B.A.), Statistics (M.S.) and Physics (M.S.).