Bright Simons is a social innovator, multipatent-holding technology inventor, and policy activist. Through his work at mPedigree and with think tanks like IMANI, he contributes to the breaking of silos and crossing of boundaries necessary to finding lasting solutions to society's ever more complex problems. As a senior adviser to international NGOs, global multinationals, leading universities, and social movements around the world, his impact has been recognized with awards and prizes by multiple prominent institutions.