Sep 22-26, 2025
Los Altos High School
Jonathan Wan
CEO & Co-Founder
From Drowning to Ironman: How Mental Grit and AI Are Transforming Human Potential
After surviving a near-death drowning experience, I rebuilt my life by becoming an Ironman athlete and founding Ironmind.ai—a mental capital startup using AI to help athletes and high-performers build resilience and unlock their full potential. In this talk, I’ll share my personal journey of transformation and how grit, science, and technology can shape the way we live, learn, and lead.
Meet the Speaker:
Jonathan Wan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Ironmind.ai, a B2B2C mental performance platform that transforms mental health into measurable Mental Capital. His journey began with a near-death drowning accident at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, an experience that forged his resilience and fueled his passion for human performance. Since then, Jonathan has completed more than a dozen Ironman triathlons, embodying the grit and endurance that define his mission.
Professionally, Jonathan has over two decades of experience leading digital transformation in finance and healthcare at organizations such as Wells Fargo Innovation Lab, Visa, BNP Paribas, and HealthVenture. As a business leader and a patent inventor, he specializes in building scalable platforms that merge technology, science, and human potential. Under his leadership, Ironmind.ai has partnered with global institutions including UCSF, Ballogy, and Draper Venture in the US, Nitto Denko Corp. in Japan, Cyberport in Hong Kong, BE Health Venture in Taiwan, and the International Olympic Committee in Switzerland to validate and scale its AI-powered GritOS™, GritScore™, and GritAPI™ solutions.