Paul Saffo
Profile
Mr. Paul Saffo is an Advisor at Astrolabe Ventures and a Managing Director at DISCERN Investment Analytics, Inc. He is on the Board of Directors at The Pax Group.
He is a forecaster with more than extensive years of experience helping corporate and government clients understand and respond to the dynamics of large-scale, long-term change.
Paul teaches at Stanford, where he is a Consulting Associate Professor in the Engineering School and a Visiting Scholar in the Media-X Program.
He is a member of the World Economic Forum Council on Strategic Foresight and the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Forecasting Future Disruptive Technologies.
His essays have appeared in numerous publications, including Harvard Business Review, Foreign Policy, Fortune, Wired, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Mr. Saffo holds degrees from Harvard College, Cambridge University, and Stanford Law School.
Former positions of Paul Saffo
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DISCERN Investment Analytics, Inc.
DISCERN Investment Analytics, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 2008, DISCERN Investment Analytics, Inc. is an independent investment research firm located in San Francisco, California. The firm's provides technology-enabled investment research for professional fund managers. DISCERN's research is developed using external experts, information analytics tools and proprietary data streams. They seek to identify trends and investment opportunities in emerging markets just over the long-term horizon. DISCERN partners with a variety of external experts, data service companies and financial technology providers and employs a variety of fundamental and quantitative sources of proprietary global information. The firm's partners include: AlphaTheory, Altos Research, Monvia and Summit View Partners. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/07/2014 |
Astrolabe Ventures
Astrolabe Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Astrolabe Ventures provided investment services. The company was founded in 2006 and was headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Private Equity Investor | 29/06/2011 |
PAX Scientific, Inc.
PAX Scientific, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing PAX Scientific, Inc. specializes in design services related to handling liquids and gases in industrial equipment. It offers an internationally patented technology that improves fluid handling equipment. The firm an engineering research and product design company, provides solutions for fluid-related industrial problems. The company was founded by Jayden David Harmon and Francesca Bertone in 1997 and is headquartered in San Rafael, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of Paul Saffo
Harvard University | Undergraduate Degree |
University of Cambridge | Undergraduate Degree |
Experiences
Positions held
Linked companies
Private companies | 3 |
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Astrolabe Ventures
Astrolabe Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Astrolabe Ventures provided investment services. The company was founded in 2006 and was headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Finance |
DISCERN Investment Analytics, Inc.
DISCERN Investment Analytics, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 2008, DISCERN Investment Analytics, Inc. is an independent investment research firm located in San Francisco, California. The firm's provides technology-enabled investment research for professional fund managers. DISCERN's research is developed using external experts, information analytics tools and proprietary data streams. They seek to identify trends and investment opportunities in emerging markets just over the long-term horizon. DISCERN partners with a variety of external experts, data service companies and financial technology providers and employs a variety of fundamental and quantitative sources of proprietary global information. The firm's partners include: AlphaTheory, Altos Research, Monvia and Summit View Partners. | Finance |
PAX Scientific, Inc.
PAX Scientific, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing PAX Scientific, Inc. specializes in design services related to handling liquids and gases in industrial equipment. It offers an internationally patented technology that improves fluid handling equipment. The firm an engineering research and product design company, provides solutions for fluid-related industrial problems. The company was founded by Jayden David Harmon and Francesca Bertone in 1997 and is headquartered in San Rafael, CA. | Producer Manufacturing |
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