E.M. Lewis-Jong — Founder
E.M. Lewis-Jong is a founder, executive, and HCI researcher working at the intersection of community technology, open data, and inclusive AI. They are the Founder and CEO of the Mozilla Data Collective, a community-led platform for ethical creation, curation, and control of AI training datasets; built on the principle that people should be able to share their data on their own terms. They previously served as a VP at Mozilla Foundation, and the Director for Mozilla's Common Voice, an open-source platform enabling communities worldwide to preserve, revitalise, and contribute their languages to the future of speech tech. The co-Principal Investigator on a (cancelled) National Science Foundation project focused on inclusive American natural language processing, E.M. designed efforts to build community-owned datasets with underrepresented linguistic communities including African American Vernacular English, North American Spanish-English code-switching, and Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe). Before Mozilla, E.M. was a founding team member and Product Executive in civtech, leading the global learning platform for government used in 170+ countries, where they held product strategy from concept through Series A. She has collaborated with organisations including NVIDIA, the Gates Foundation, and GIZ on democratising speech technology and AI data equity across Africa, Asia and beyond. E.M. holds an MA in Modern History from the University of Oxford and is expecting a PhD in Informatics and Engineering at the University of Sussex, with research focused on controllability in conversational and voice AI for adolescents. They're a published researcher, product mentor, and a passionate advocate for a multilingual, multicultural, and community-centred tech future.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in community-driven technology and inclusive AI.
Experience: 13 yrs 2 mos
Career Highlights
- Founder of Mozilla Data Collective for ethical AI.
- Expert in community-driven language technology.
- Advocate for multilingual and multicultural tech solutions.
Work Experience
Mozilla Data Collective
Founder & CEO (2 mos)
Mozilla
Founder & VP Mozilla Data Collective (Mozilla Incubation via Foundation Accelerator) (10 mos)
Product Director, Common Voice (4 yrs 11 mos)
MentorCruise
Product Exec Mentor (1 yr 1 mo)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Principal Investigator - Inclusive American Natural Language Processing (1 yr 3 mos)
Apolitical
Founding Team & Product Executive (5 yrs 5 mos)
Assemblyfor
Platform Design Lead (Data & Knowledge Sharing) (4 mos)
Global Fund to End Modern Slavery
Senior Investigator & Analyst - Human Trafficking, Africa, Digital Division (9 mos)
Walk Free
Analyst: Forced Labour in Supply Chains (4 mos)
Analyst: Ethical Business (4 mos)
FreedomMatters
Freelance Analyst (3 mos)
United Nations
Online Technical Researcher (1 yr 2 mos)
TravelAid
Project Manager, Kenya (3 mos)
Education
BA / MA Oxon at University of Oxford
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at University of Sussex
