Jay Van Zyl
Founder at i4j Innovation for Jobs by IIIJ Foundation
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJay Van Zyl is a founder and entrepreneur based in Palo Alto who builds AI-driven platforms that predict human and business behavior to guide product, market and operational decisions. With over two decades at the intersection of technology, product design and business models and a PhD in engineering, he now focuses on deploying realtime predictive engines through ecosystem.Ai. He combines academic rigor—adjunct roles at GIBS and California State University—and publishing experience on the social dynamics of innovation with hands-on startup execution across multiple ventures. A less obvious strength is his long track record of translating social and network science into product patents and commercial platforms that nudge human behavior at scale.
8 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Engineering at University of the WitwatersrandCertified Quality Analyst Software Engineering, Certified Quality Analyst Software Engineering at Quality Assurance Institute (QAI Orlando, FL, USA)
Github Skills (8)
prediction4
ecosystem3
jupyter-notebook2
machine-learning2
deep-learning2
python2
tensorflow1
data-science1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ecosystemai/ecosystem-runtime-localbuild
Aug 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 release, 30 PRs, 78 pushes in 3 years 7 months
ecosystemai/ecosystem.ai
Jun 2024 - Apr 2025
ecosystem.Ai documentation and Developer Website
Contributions:12 PRs, 69 pushes, 10 branches in 9 months
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