Jon Jacobson

Co-Founder, CEO & CTO at Omnisient | Collaborative Consumer Intelligence

Jon Jacobson is the co-founder, CEO, and CTO of Omnisient, a collaborative consumer intelligence company. Jon has over 20 years of experience in the technology industry, including stints as the Head of Omni-Channel Commerce at Argility and as the CEO and Founder of Global Vision IT.

Jacobson began their career in 1994 as an assistant-vice president at CSFB. Jon left CSFB in 1998 to start Global Vision IT. Under Jacobson's leadership, Global Vision IT developed multi-channel marketing technology that helped businesses build effective and measurable relationships to efficiently monetize their customer base. In 2012, Jacobson left Global Vision IT to join Argility as the Head of Omni-Channel Commerce.

At Argility, Jacobson was responsible for the omni-channel retail technology strategy, the Single Customer View platform design, and the omni-channel platform design. Jon also led business development and evangelization of the omni-channel strategy to customers. In 2014, Jacobson left Argility to co-found Omnisient.

Jon Jacobson has a BSc in Computer Science from Rhodes University. Jon also has a background in economics, computer science, and mathematics.

Riva Van Niekerk - Head of HR & Ops, Anton Grutzmacher - Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer, and Desan Pillay - Head of Strategic Partnerships report to Jon Jacobson.

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