Benjamin Thelonious Fels

About

I lead teams that innovate and build systems that recognize predictive patterns. I'm the founder and CEO of macro-eyes, a machine learning company that increases access to care.

I worked for many years in finance as a derivatives trader and managed profitable quantitative, technology and market teams in Chicago and London. With a renowned machine learning scientist at MIT, I built similarity search technology for Schlumberger to profile and predict early stage energy assets. As the CEO of macro-eyes, I've structured and successfully negotiated license and product deals with some of the largest healthcare organizations in the United States. I've been invited to speak on machine learning to physician-scientists at the Kidney Research Institute, at Penn Medicine and to clinical leaders in Alaska, and to graduate students in economics and international affairs at the University of Washington. I've curated exhibitions tracing the exchange in ideas between science and photography and the first thematic retrospective of the work of Italian national treasure Mimmo Jodice. I particularly enjoy - and excel at - leading collaborations that drive innovation at scale. I am a Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Entrepreneur.