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As an entrepreneur, investor, and Army veteran, Craig is a true Austinite super connector immersed in the city's vibrant tech community. He is the Special Advisor for Military and Veteran Affairs for Capital Factory and serves on the Advisory Boards of VetsInTech, Texas Venture Labs at UT McCombs School of Business, and DivInc. After 17 years of military service that earned him a Bronze Star, he co-founded the transportation platform RideScout, which was acquired by Mercedes-Benz.In 2014, Craig co-founded Moonshots Capital alongside Kelly Perdew to invest in extraordinary leadership in the military veteran community and beyond. Craig holds a B.S. in Political Science from West Point, where he was their first Truman Scholar and later served as Assistant Professor of Political Science.He also holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and Econometrics from Columbia University, is a member of the 2016 class of Henry Crown Fellows with the Aspen Institute and was recently named a Future Texas Legend Veteran by the Texas Business Hall of Fame. He is married to Lawton Posey Cummings and has two children, Addison (21), and Cooper (18).Find out more at:https://www.moonshotscapital.com/https://medium.com/leadership-prevailshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/unleashcraig/
Craig Cummings is the co-founder and General Partner of Moonshots Capital. He actively invests and advises technology startups, many of which are founded by military veteran entrepreneurs. Before Moonshots, Craig co-founded and was the COO of RideScout, a mobile app that shows users how to get from point A to point B by providing real-time ground transportation information. RideScout was acquired by Daimler (Mercedes-Benz) in 2014. Craig has founded and built several other companies and organizations, including Upskill, which develops augmented reality software for smart glasses to enable the hands-free industrial and commerce workforce. Craig is a US Army veteran who served for 17 years, most of which were spent as an intelligence officer supporting the National Security Agency. He holds a PhD from Columbia University, and is a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point where he was their first Truman Scholar.
John Gossart, COO and Co-Founder of GoodworldJohn Gossart is the Cofounder, Chief Operating Officer and CFO of Fintech startup GoodWorld (www.goodworld.me). the startup named one of Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies, Forbes Top 25 Veteran Founded Companies, and D.C.'s Best Technology Startup. John's first startup, RideScout, was acquired by Daimler-Mercedes in 2015.Before becoming an entrepreneur, John served over 22 years in military and government work that took him to various locations across Africa, Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq, Asia and Europe, most recently serving as a deputy director of special operations and counterterrorism policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.He has earned degrees from Boston College and the Georgetown University, and served as an Assistant Professor at West Point.John's indie rock band StoneDriver has released two studio albums, "Rocks", and "Chasing Demons" (available on iTunes, Pandora,Spotify, Amazon, Tidal, etc) and in between running Goodworld, teaching, and live shows, he hangs out in Old Town with his wife and their four sons.Goodworld is social impact software for companies, nonprofits and change-makers. Named one of the world's Most Innovative Companies in the world by Fast Company magazine, we power social purpose for brands Mastercard, Citi and CHC.Since the inception of Goodworld in 2015, we have been dedicated to our mission—to inspire giving, straight from the heart. This enables us to expand our vision to create a giving economy powered by purpose-driven businesses, brands, and social impact.
Arming cities with the data they need to make informed policy decisions around the waves of new mobility options has become a topic we've discussed a lot recently on The Autonocast, and joining us to take that conversation to the next level is Dr Regina Clewow, Founder and CEO of Populus. With degrees from Stanford and MIT, research experience at Tsinghua, UC Berkeley, and the Union of Concerned Scientists as well as stints at RideScout and Moovel, Dr Clewow has been diving deep into the world of mobility technology and its effects on society for years. Now she's bringing that experience to a new startup called Populus, that gives cities the tools to shape policy and infrastructure around fast-moving new mobility technologies and today she shares her vision for the future of cities and mobility with The Autonocast.
Ideas to Invoices interviews Joseph Kopser, a successful entrepreneur and co-founder of RideScout, a startup smartphone app created to increase transportation efficiency by getting people out of their cars and into other public, commercial and private options. Before that, Kopser spent 20 years in the Army, retiring in 2013 as Lt. Colonel. Most recently, Kopser served as global president of moovel, a division of Daimler AG, the maker of Mercedes-Benz. In addition, Kopser co-founded The Banker Labs in Austin, an organization dedicated to supporting veteran entrepreneurs. And he recently launched a new venture, Grayline, a corporate consulting firm.
Today's podcast features the Co-Founder and CEO of RideScout, Mr. Joseph Kopser. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org
Joseph Kopser, CEO and co-founder of RideScout left the Army to tackle the world problem of America's over-reliance on oil. He co-founded RideScout - the dynamic ride sharing mobile app.
Need to get from Point A to Point B? Someday soon you might have more options than you think thanks to the new RideScout app, which debuted in November. RideScout CEO and co-founder Joseph Kopser sat down with me at the 9th Annual Texas Transportation Forum to tell me more. This episode originally posted in January 2014.
Joseph Kopser, the CEO and co-founder of RideScout, will be the keynote speaker at IBTTA's Summit on AET, Managed Lanes and Interoperability July 20-22 in San Diego. In the inaugural IBTTA Radio interview he introduces us to RideScout and how it relates to toll facilities.
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