Byron Davies, Ph.D.
Education
Stanford University
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering 1987-09-01 - 1991-06-01
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
, Artificial Intelligence, Medical Decision Making 1973-01-01 - 1979-01-01
Caltech
, Applied Mathematics 1972-01-01 - 1973-01-01
University of Regina
Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics (High Honors) 1969-01-01 - 1972-01-01Work Experience
BlackSwan.Life
Current
BlackSwan.Life
Black Swan Learning Corp
Current
Black Swan Learning Corp
OntoPilot, LLC
2010-01-01 - 2020-05-01
OntoPilot, LLC
STARSHINE
2007-12-01 - 2016-04-01
STARSHINE
The Miller Institute for Learning with Technology
2009-02-01 - 2014-12-01
The Miller Institute for Learning with Technology
Design for Productivity - The Book
2013-04-01 - 2014-06-01
Design for Productivity - The Book
Friends of Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
2002-01-01 - 2009-05-01
Friends of Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
Arizona Health IT Accelerator, Inc
2005-02-01 - 2009-02-01
Arizona Health IT Accelerator, Inc
Design for Prevention: The Book
2008-01-01 - 2009-01-01
Design for Prevention: The Book
Arizona Health-e Connection
2005-01-01 - 2008-01-01
Arizona Health-e Connection
Skills
Summary
My focus is "black swans", phenomena so improbable that most people behave as if they didn't exist. For more than a decade I have investigated black swans of learning, finding methods of instruction -- some of them 50+ years old -- that are so effective that the educational community pretends they don't exist. For several decades I have experienced and investigated black swans of wellness -- wellness tools that are so powerful they seem magical. My background is in math, computer science, artificial intelligence, software research and development (in many industrial domains, including healthcare), and professional and K-12 education. I studied and did graduate research at Caltech, MIT, and Stanford (where I earned my Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering). I have worked at huge semiconductor companies as well as several software start-ups. I have also been a professional teacher, from kindergarten to graduate school. I'm now using that knowledge and experience to create impossibly powerful learning software.
