Richard Reisman

Richard Reisman is a non-resident senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation, contributing author to the Centre for International Governance Innovation’s Freedom of Thought Project, and a frequent contributor to Tech Policy Press. He was a principal author of Shaping the Future of Social Media with Middleware, based on a symposium he helped convene for FAI and Stanford Cyber Policy Center, and blogs on human-centered digital services and related tech policy at SmartlyIntertwingled.com. His focus is on sociotechnical network systems and how increasingly intelligent and interoperable agent tools can protect the essential dynamics of democracy, individuals, and communities.

Reisman's earlier book, FairPay: Adaptively Win-Win Customer Relationships, Harvard Business Review article, and related blog, FairPayZone.com, introduce novel revenue strategies for digital services.

Reisman previously managed and consulted for businesses of all sizes, developed pioneering online services, and holds over 50 media-tech patents licensed by over 200 companies to serve billions of users (now in public domain).