John Zakos

John Zakos is a technologist and innovation advisor currently serving as Chief Innovation Advisor at aKin and Honorary Professor at the University of Technology Sydney. With a PhD in Information Technology from Griffith University, John co-founded Cognea and served as Chief Innovation Officer until its acquisition by IBM, where they later held the role of Program Director for Virtual Agents. John has also contributed as a Research Fellow at Griffith University and engaged in various research and consulting roles throughout their career.