Jon Coss

Following a spectacularly unsuccessful professional tennis career, Jon landed a job at Oracle Corporation where he cut his teeth in technology. After leaving the corporate world, he would start four technology companies, three of which were acquired and the fourth which he prefers not to talk about.

Jon’s most successful startup, Pondera Solutions, was one of the first companies to combine cloud computing with Artificial Intelligence. Its story offers valuable lessons for would-be entrepreneurs in the hyper-competitive technology world.

Jon has provided strategic consulting to many of the world’s largest technology companies including IBM, Intel, Deloitte, Accenture, SAP, Capgemini, KPMG, and Xerox. He is also a nationally recognized expert in government benefits fraud.

Jon has consulted with and been interviewed by dozens of television stations and newspapers including the NBC Today show, CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX newscasts, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg News, Fortune Magazine, and Politico.

Jon writes about topics that matter deeply to him and those that he feels do not receive adequate attention in current literature. He mixes heartfelt honesty with self-deprecating humor to take the reader alongside him on his journey.