Chief Executive Officer at lowRISC CIC / Founding Director of CHERI Alliance
Dr. Ferris is a technologist and serial entrepreneur. Following his early career at DreamWorks SKG, he co-founded a number of startups including the DSP / digital radio company RadioScape and fintech business Crescent Technology. When the latter was acquired by Aspect Capital, a multi-billion dollar systematic hedge fund manager, Dr. Ferris became its chief architect and ultimately, chief investment officer (CIO). After leaving Aspect, Gavin co-founded lowRISC CIC, the non-profit host of the OpenTitan project, where until recently he served as pro bono CEO. He is a co-founder and pro bono CEO of CommonAI CIC. Gavin holds a computer science degree and Ph.D. in AI from Cambridge University.
