Adam ZuckermanWork
Not everything fits neatly into company, nonprofit or product. That’s fine. I’m more interested in whether the problem is worth solving.
I hold a BA in political science, a JD and an MBA, all from Washington University in St. Louis. I don’t practise law now, but the training never left, and it turns out to be unreasonably useful when the thing you’re trying to understand is a system rather than a product.
Current
- Founder
- Buried in WorkPractical education, tools and products for estate planning, end-of-life preparation, estate organization and estate administration.
- Founder
- Heirloom & TellA private platform for organizing and preserving family stories, belongings, relationships, memories and wishes.
- Founder
- Buried in Work CharitableA 501(c)(3) supporting free public education and projects on death, dying, family preparedness and the end-of-life problems nobody has got round to.
- Charitable
- End of Life CareersA free resource documenting the professions connected to death, dying, loss, care and estate administration, across six fields.
- Jan 2027
- RetURN.orgA permanent identifier that keeps a person and their wishes attached to their urn, plus plain information and a directory of providers who help.
Earlier
- 2020 to 2023
- Last Energy · VP, Business DevelopmentInternational business development for small modular nuclear power projects.
- 2011 to 2018
- Discovery, Inc. · Director of Ventures and InnovationEmerging technology, startups, strategic investment, the Consumer Experience Lab, and the company's first voice products.
- 2011 to now
- Fosterly · FounderConnecting entrepreneurs and innovators across the Washington region. Now the vehicle for advisory work and speaking.
- 2015 to 2018
- Variable Labs · Co-founderEnterprise training built on virtual and augmented reality.
- 2017 to 2020
- University of Maryland · Adjunct ProfessorStrategies for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, in the Hillman Entrepreneurs Program.
- 2016
- CNBC · Guest analystLive technology and business Q and A segments.
- 2010 to 2011
- JESS3 · VP and General CounselContracts with NASA, Twitter, MTV, Bravo and Red Bull.
- 2007 to 2010
- Hovde Capital Advisors · VP and Associate CounselA hedge fund that peaked around $1.2 billion, an investment bank and a foundation, including the team that took over a failed bank.
Recognition
- 2018
- Zhi-Xing China Eisenhower FellowOne of nine Americans selected that year.
- 2019
- J.T. Tai FellowEisenhower Fellowships.
- Twice
- Washingtonian Tech Titan
- Patent
- US11207952B2Presenting virtual reality inside a moving vehicle.