Jason J. Hogg

Jason J. Hogg (born August 8, 1971) is Chief Executive Officer of B2R Finance LP and Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management. At Cornell, Hogg teaches entrepreneurship and innovation to graduate students and is one of two faculty advisors to the Big Red Venture fund, Cornell University’s student run venture fund in Ithaca, NY.

Hogg is most known for founding Revolution Money, Inc., a secure, rewards-based payment platform used for consumer transactions, which was acquired by American Express for $300 million in January 2010. The online platform technologies now support American Express Serve, a mobile digital payment platform, as well as Bluebird Services, a payment card made popular by American Express. As part of the acquisition, Hogg joined American Express as the President of its Enterprise Growth Group.

Recently, Hogg cofounded Hangit, a contextual location-based mobile advertising service that received $6.2 million in funding from Vesta Inc. in November, 2014.

Contributions

Hogg is recognized as a first name inventor and for his entreprenerial leadership in the areas of “alternative payment” systems and business utilization of "Big Data". Hogg currently holds 25 patents ranging from design to complex technology systems and has 39 additional patents pending.

In 2005, Hogg authored an article describing the potential impact of centralized data repositories and targeted marketing campaigns on the pharmaceutical industry – a practice central to effective Big Data utilization across a variety of industries today.

Early life

Hogg began his career as a Special Agent for the FBI.

Jason Hogg's father, Russell Hogg, is the former CEO of MasterCard.