As Chief Exponential Officer, MJ builds the business and technology platform for the Shift Experience, and helps other companies harness the power of platforms for exponential growth as a speaker, strategist and facilitator. His academic background is in a field of study called Cyborg Anthropology, which studies the relationship between humans and technology. MJ specializes in helping others understand the mental models necessary to navigate new technologies.

Since 2006, MJ has helped transform how hundreds of clients think about and work towards the future, including Volkswagen, Swift, Google and the Gates Foundation. MJ is also the Chief Executive Officer of Causeit, Inc., which operates the Shift Thinking platform.