Jason Illian
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Managing Director | Koch Disruptive Technologies
Jason Illian is the Managing Director of Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), the venture and growth arm of Koch Industries. KDT’s role is to invest in technology companies that disrupt and transform Koch’s core businesses and expand into new platforms and capabilities. Artificial intelligence, blockchain and crypto, bio IT and genomics, and industrial robotics are just a few segments being explored by KDT. Jason serves on the board of D2iQ, the cloud-native leader in open-source applications and Kubernetes management, and as an advisor to 8VC and Steve Case’s Rise of the Rest fund.
Jason has 20+ years of experience leading and building technology companies. Prior to assuming this role, Mr. Illian was the Founder and CEO of BookShout, the world's leading B2B e-book company which was acquired by a private equity group. In addition to being a Senior Advisor/Entrepreneur-in-Residence to the PE group, Jason has advised and consulted for numerous investment and technology companies.
Jason is also a published author and nationally-renown speaker. Jason has presented at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) re: Invent conference, the Goldman Sachs Technology & Internet Conference, and hundreds of other organizations. He has been featured in Bloomberg, The New York Times, VentureBeat and regularly does interviews on behalf of KDT and Koch.
Jason graduated Magna Cum Laude from Texas Christian University with a BBA in International Finance. He continued his education with TCU and the London School of Economics, held the distinguished honor of being named one of the top 20 students in America by USA Today, was a Rhodes scholar finalist, and was an NCAA Academic All-American while being captain of the TCU football team.
When Jason isn't spending time with his family or digging deeper in his faith, Jason is studying blockchain and cryptocurrencies, AI, medical technologies, robotics and manufacturing and other future technologies. He lives in Wichita, KS.
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