TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY

Building into
what’s next.

Building into
what’s next.

The best technology begins with a real problem, a clear idea, and the willingness to move before everything is certain.

The best technology begins with a real problem, a clear idea, and the willingness to move before everything is certain.

HOW I THINK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY

Technology should solve real problems.

Technology should solve real problems.

Technology should solve real problems.

I’m less interested in technology for technology’s sake. What matters is whether it makes something easier, faster, more accessible, more intelligent or more useful for the person on the other side of it.

I’m less interested in technology for technology’s sake. What matters is whether it makes something easier, faster, more accessible, more intelligent or more useful for the person on the other side of it.

Solve.

Start with a problem worth fixing.

Technology works best when the problem is clear before the product is built.

Simplify.

Make complicated things feel effortless.

The strongest products often hide enormous complexity behind a simple experience.

Build.

Create something people can actually use.

An idea does not become innovation until it works outside the room where it was imagined.

THE BIGGER IDEA

FROM SYSTEMS TO PRODUCTS

Technology is where the earlier chapters converge.

Technology is where the earlier chapters converge.

Years spent working around government, communities, development, regulated industries and entrepreneurship taught me how complicated systems behave in the real world. Technology creates an opportunity to take that understanding and build better systems from the beginning.

Years spent working around government, communities, development, regulated industries and entrepreneurship taught me how complicated systems behave in the real world. Technology creates an opportunity to take that understanding and build better systems from the beginning.

PEOPLE

SYSTEMS

SCALE

UNCERTAINTY

EXECUTION

TECHNOLOGY CONNECTS THEM.

TECHNOLOGY CONNECTS THEM.

WHAT I’M BUILDING

THE PORTFOLIO

Building companies around problems worth solving.

Building companies around problems worth solving.

THERAPLUG — BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGY

Mental healthcare. Reimagined.

Mental healthcare. Reimagined.

TheraPlug is being built to make behavioral-health care easier to discover, access and navigate. The platform brings patients, providers and technology together around a simpler care experience.

FOUNDER • DISCOVERY • MATCHING • ACCESS • CARE COORDINATION

Explore TheraPlug →

CARE PATHWAY / LIVE

Provider match verified. Care plan ready.

TECHNOLOGY • AI • INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS

Building the technology behind what comes next.

Building the technology behind what comes next.

J Companies Technologies, Inc. is the technology platform within the broader J Companies ecosystem — focused on developing, supporting and scaling technology ventures, intelligent systems and digital products.

BUILD USEFUL THINGS. MAKE COMPLEXITY SIMPLER.

J COMPANIES
TECHNOLOGIES

AI

DIGITAL PRODUCTS

INFRASTRUCTURE

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

IN DEVELOPMENT

The portfolio is still taking shape.

Future companies are being explored across financial technology, intelligent products, consumer technology and other industries where better technology can simplify complicated experiences.

MORE IS BEING BUILT.

FROM PROBLEM TO PRODUCT

HOW I BUILD

Start with the problem. Work backward from there.

Start with the problem. Work backward from there.

IDENTIFY

UNDERSTAND

SIMPLIFY

BUILD

LEARN

SCALE

TECHNOLOGY WITH A HUMAN POINT OF VIEW

The technology matters. The person using it matters more.

The technology matters. The person using it matters more.

My background didn’t begin in software. It began around communities, people, government and real-world problems. That perspective still influences how I think about technology today.

My background didn’t begin in software. It began around communities, people, government and real-world problems. That perspective still influences how I think about technology today.

ACCESS
Technology should expand opportunity, not create another barrier.

TRUST
People will not use products they do not trust.

DESIGN
Complexity belongs behind the interface.

IMPACT
A product should ultimately improve something that matters.

WHAT I’M WATCHING

The next decade will change what we expect from technology.

The next decade will change what we expect from technology.

  • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE • ROBOTICS • BEHAVIORAL HEALTH • FINTECH • CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY • AUTOMATION • INTELLIGENT INTERFACES • DATA • DIGITAL IDENTITY

AI becomes most valuable when it disappears into products people already understand. • The opportunity in robotics is machines that fit naturally into everyday life. • Technology can reduce the friction between needing care and receiving it.

AI becomes most valuable when it disappears into products people already understand. • The opportunity in robotics is machines that fit naturally into everyday life. • Technology can reduce the friction between needing care and receiving it.

WHAT’S NEXT

Build. Learn. Improve. Repeat.

Build. Learn. Improve. Repeat.

The technology portfolio is still being built. Some ideas will become products. Some will become companies. Others will teach us what to build next. The goal is to keep moving toward technology that solves meaningful problems and becomes simpler as it becomes more powerful.

The technology portfolio is still being built. Some ideas will become products. Some will become companies. Others will teach us what to build next. The goal is to keep moving toward technology that solves meaningful problems and becomes simpler as it becomes more powerful.

THE WORK IS JUST BEGINNING.