John C. Havens writes, speaks, and lives at the intersection of emerging technology and culture. He is a contributing writer for Mashable, The Guardian, and Slate. He has been quoted about issues relating to technology and culture in USA Today, C-Span, NPR, US News & World Report, Forbes, Fast Company, the BBC, and The Huffington Post. John C. Havens is the Founder of The H(app)athon Project, a non-profit organization, 'Connecting Happiness to Action' via the use of values-based, interactive technology and the author of Hacking H(app)iness - Why Your Personal Data Counts and How Tracking it Can Change the World (Tarcher/Penguin).

As Principal of Transitional Media Consulting John C. Havens provides counsel around emerging and social media. He is also a former Executive Vice President of Social Media at a top ten global PR firm and has worked with clients including Gillette, P&G, HP, Merck, Wal-Mart, Gallo Wines, and Datacoup. 'Heartificial Intelligence: Embracing Our Humanity to Maximize Machines', his new book about Artificial Intelligence and wellbeing will be released in February of 2016.

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