John Moavenzadeh is an advisor, educator and thought leader on the Future of Mobility. John is Executive Director of the MIT Mobility Initiative, a global research program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to accelerate the transformation to safe, clean and inclusive mobility systems. John developed and co-teaches the graduate-level Mobility Ventures course at MIT. John is also Founder and Managing Partner at Mobility Nexus LLC, Operator Advisor at Assembly Ventures, and serves as an independent advisor to several companies leading the transformation of transportation. He is a member of the Global Advisory Council of CoMotion and a Founding Board member of the Mass Mobility Hub.
As Head of Mobility and Member of the Executive Committee of the World Economic Forum for 16 years in Geneva and New York, John led a team that developed a portfolio of public-private initiatives, including autonomous vehicles and urban mobility, security of the international travel system, drones and the future of the air space, and advancing seamless integrated mobility.
John holds a BS in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, an MS in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, and an MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School.