Stephen F. DeAngelis

Stephen F. DeAngelis is a technology entrepreneur and patent holder with over 25 years of experience helping pioneer the application of advanced cognitive computing technologies and applied mathematics to commercial industries and government agencies.

Mr. DeAngelis is currently the Visiting Professional Executive in Cognitive Reasoning Platforms in the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University. Previously, Mr. DeAngelis was a Visiting Scientist at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University and a Visiting Scientist at the Mathematical and Computational Sciences and National Security Directorates at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Mr. DeAngelis was named one of Esquire magazine’s “Best and Brightest” and Forbes magazine’s “Top Influencers in Big Data.” He was also a regular contributor to WIRED magazine’s Innovation Insights blog. He is a former member of the Board of Directors for the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at the MIT Media Laboratory. He is also the Founder and Chairman of The Project for STEM Competitiveness, a non-profit organization whose mission is to bring outcomes-measured STEM education to underrepresented populations. During the Iraq War, Mr. DeAngelis was the co-chairperson of the United States Chamber of Commerce’s Iraq Initiative and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Investment Taskforce.

Prior to Enterra, Mr. DeAngelis founded and was CEO of IndustryNetworks, LLC, a supply chain technology company that built one of the first web service-enabled supply chain management systems. He was also President and CEO of Mercer Industrial Holdings, LLC. Additionally, Mr. DeAngelis founded a strategy and government affairs consulting firm in Washington, DC, and was previously a member of the Bank of Boston’s Strategic Planning Group in the Office of the Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. DeAngelis has served on a number of other Boards of Directors of philanthropic and research-oriented organizations. He has also worked extensively with Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, National Laboratories, and other governmental agencies on technology and national security matters.

Mr. DeAngelis earned a B.A. in International Affairs from the School of International Service at the American University in Washington, DC, where he concentrated in Sino-American Affairs and U.S. Security and Defense Policy.