Jon Cohen

Jon Cohen is founder and CEO of TrueDot, an AI-powered insights platform based in Palo Alto. He is a seasoned researcher and senior technology executive with decades of high-stakes survey experience. He ran presidential and midterm campaign polling at The Washington Post and ABC News, consulted with the NBC News Decision Desk, and currently advises Decision Desk HQ. In his previous role as SurveyMonkey’s first and only chief research officer, he delivered significant revenue gains over nine years of building next-generation tools and consulting on survey technology across Silicon Valley and globally. He was named “new school pollster,” changing the game in Washington by the National Journal. He has co-authored publications on Californians’ opinions on their elected officials for the Public Policy Institute of California and he currently serves on the PPIC Statewide Survey Advisory Committee. He received his BA from John Hopkins University and an MA in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.