Jason Fisher is the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute of Applied Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (IAAIR), where he leads global initiatives applying AI to real-world challenges in agriculture, industry, and economic development. An engineer, entrepreneur, and inventor with over 25 years of experience, Fisher is the named inventor or co-inventor on more than a dozen issued and pending patents spanning AI-enabled systems, telecom expense management, blockchain-based fractional ownership, and automated retail. His current work includes leading OpenAg, an open AI framework democratizing agricultural intelligence for farmers worldwide. Fisher’s expertise integrates scalable architectures, applied machine learning, and robotics to deliver high-impact, technology-driven transformation across multiple sectors.