JOHN FERRARA

Started in San Diego, CA¹

Spent teenage years in Washington, DC²

Made a two-year pitstop in Evanston, IL³

¹ = born to two physicians in the U.S. Navy & quickly realized I wasn't cut out for a future in medicine.

² = went to high school a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol and became obsessed with politics and global affairs.

³ = enrolled at Northwestern for journalism and data science; dropped out after sophomore year to work on Juxta.

Currently

Founder & CEO @ Juxta

'24 - now

Building a Universal Positioning System that can track anyone, anything, anywhere on earth — with no external hardware required.
Mapping the invisible corners of the earth.

Education

YCombinator

S25

A different type of "school" where my teachers were tech's best.

Journalism & Data Science @ Northwestern University

'22 - '24

Thought I'd be a journalist, but I realized quickly that I had a hard time telling other people's stories instead of being the one stories are written about.

Fun facts

- Favorite part of Northwestern was playing pickup basketball with random 30 year olds for 2 hours a day, every day.
- Proud AMC A-List member.
- I put Propel packets into almost every water bottle I drink (particularly the kiwi strawberry flavor).