Georg Lindsey

Chief Executive Officer
Ph.D., Communication, Stanford University

​Georg co-founded CGNET in 1983 as a sustainable organization dedicated to keeping clients at the forefront of information and communication technology, with a focus on networking, messaging, and collaboration. He now leads efforts to help customers utilize Artificial Intelligence, including proficiency in tools like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Perplexity.

His extensive hands-on experience includes work with numerous international organizations and foundations, such as the Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, African Development Bank, UNDP, UNEP, World Bank, IFAD, USAID, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, among many others.

Before founding CGNET, Georg worked in the R&D laboratory at Nortel Networks’ Bell Northern Research. He has also undertaken consulting assignments for prominent organizations, including KQED Television, NASA, NSF, Chase Manhattan Bank, Bank of America, Rand Corporation, SRI International, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the National Institutes of Health, UCLA, UC Berkeley, the University of Southern California, Stanford University

Georg’s pre-Stanford academic career began at Rhodes College in Memphis and continued at San Jose City College and San Jose State University, where he earned a B.A. and M.A. in Communication.

A lifelong photographer, Georg has worked as a still photographer for independent film productions in Egypt, Greece, and Turkey. He often spends weekends on the California coast, observing and photographing marine creatures, seascapes, and landscapes.