Jonathan Berent

Jonathan Berent is the Founder and CEO of NextSense, a health tech company developing brain-sensing technologies to understand and treat neurological diseases and monitor brain health. Berent's fascination with neuroscience began with experiments in polyphasic sleep and altered states of consciousness. He guest lectured at Stanford on consumer sleep tracking devices and achieving lucidity during dreams in a course called “Dement's Sleep and Dreams.”. Before becoming a director at Google X, Berent led digital marketing teams at Google and served as a Senior Director at Oracle. His 25-year tech career includes pioneering the first web-based voting system at Stanford and negotiating early Java contracts at Sun Microsystems.