John Paul Hennessy

John Paul Hennessy is the VP of Product & Design at Lightning AI. John has over 20 years of experience in product and design, leading strategy and execution for some of the world's most popular consumer apps, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus. John is a coproducer of the keynote presentation that showcased our product vision, vision and strategies at JupyterCon 2020. Prior to joining Lightning AI, John was the Co-founder of CryptoCare.tech, an ethereum blockchain-powered web app that gamifies philanthropy by minting NFTs as crypto-collectibles. John led all design, product management and business development with 9 social impact organizations. Within 3 months reached 5.5% conversion, was listed as #4 games / collectibles dapp in the Opera dapp store, and was highlighted at Devcon4’s UX awards.

John Paul Hennessy received a B.S. in Technical and Scientific Communication from James Madison University and certificates in Advanced UX and UX Management from the NYU School of Professional Studies and Nielsen Norman Group, respectively. John is also certified by the Nielsen Norman Group in UX Management.

Some of their coworkers include Luca Antiga - CTO, Alex Rose - VP, People & Operations, and Marc Ferradou - VP, Strategy. John Paul Hennessy reports to William Falcon, Founder & CEO.