Veteran · Inventor · Founder · Classicist
Jonathan
Ramaci.
How the things people make — products, buildings, stories — carry meaning from their makers to the people who use them.
I · About
A life between disciplines
Jonathan Ramaci is a U.S. Army veteran, inventor, entrepreneur and Classicist. Born in Stoughton, Massachusetts, and a dual U.S.–Italian citizen, he served as an officer in the U.S. Army and Massachusetts National Guard before building a career in product innovation and supply-chain technology.
He lives in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, where he leads Great Product Ventures and pursues graduate study in Classics at Villanova University.
II · Service
Airborne
Captain in Airborne Field Artillery with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, and service in Alaska with the 6th Infantry Division (Light), whose lineage continues in today's 11th Airborne. He completed his service with the Massachusetts National Guard.
His grandfather, Sebastiano Ramaci, received Italy's Silver Medal of Military Valor in the First World War. The Caserma Ramaci in Augusta, Sicily, bears his name.
Member, American Legion and the Association of the United States Army (AUSA). Military service
III · Ventures
What he's building
Digital product passports
Great Product Ventures →
Verifiable digital records that travel with physical products — for EU ESPR compliance, brand storytelling and transparent U.S. import & export.
Surplus food, rescued
AI4Good →
An AI platform matching grocers and restaurants with food pantries and delivery, moving surplus food before it spoils. Launching in Charleston.
Formal dress rental
Encore →
Students rent and lend prom dresses, with parent approval on every rental and a Same-Dress Alert. Launching in Mount Pleasant.
Private harbor cruises
Charleston Classics →
Cruises from Isle of Palms aboard Colleen, a 1929 Blanchard-designed classic motor yacht, for up to six guests.
Also: non-executive board director via the European Innovation Council Fund; EIC Partner; Subject Matter Expert for ACCIÓ's Catalonia Launchpad; Italy Ambassador to the US for ANGI. Earlier: Sketchin, mobile payments, a biometric mobile wallet, Oxford International, founder of Pangea Database Systems, Oracle. Full experience · Press
IV · Patents
19 inventions
Jonathan E. Ramaci is the named inventor on U.S. and international patents and published applications spanning wearables, connected health, biometrics and secure payments, 2006–2019.
- Neurocognitive condition management & interventionUS 10,706,971 · 2020
- Wearable interactive notification deviceUS 10,580,284 · 2020
- Wearable device antenna apparatusUS 10,424,832 · 2019
Connected health & assistive devices
Medication adherence, pill dispensing, clinical trials, assistive mobility, vehicle telematics, secure health data.
Payments, biometrics & secure data
Biometric authentication, re-programmable transaction cards, payment acceptance, encrypted data storage.
V · Classics
A soldier reads Homer
A graduate student in Classics at Villanova University, Jonathan brings a soldier's and a builder's perspective to ancient texts.
Achilles and the Embassy
Achilles' reply in Iliad 9, read alongside Jonathan Shay's Achilles in Vietnam and moral injury in combat veterans.
Vitruvius and the modern stage
Theatre acoustics from De Architectura V — including bronze echea — applied to Villanova's Smith Performance Lab.
Member, National Italian American Foundation (NIAF). More on his Classics work
VI · Contact
Let's talk
Professional inquiries, speaking, or collaboration.
Or write directly:
jon.ramaci@gmail.com