Jonathan Ramaci
A former U.S. Army captain with the 82nd Airborne Division, founder of Great Product Ventures, and a graduate student in Classics at Villanova University — building technology that connects people to the story behind what they buy, and studying the ancient texts that still explain why we build at all.
About
Jonathan Ramaci was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts, and is a dual U.S.–Italian citizen. He served as an officer in the United States Army and the Massachusetts National Guard before building a career as an entrepreneur in product innovation and supply-chain technology.
Today he lives in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, where he leads Great Product Ventures' work on digital product passports and pursues graduate study in Classics at Villanova University. His interests meet at a single question: how the things people make — products, buildings, stories — carry meaning from their makers to the people who use them.
Military Service
Jonathan served on active duty as a U.S. Army officer, rising to the rank of Captain in Airborne Field Artillery with the 82nd Airborne Division. He later served in the Massachusetts National Guard.
His service continues a family tradition: his grandfather, Sebastiano Ramaci, was awarded Italy's Silver Medal of Military Valor in the First World War; the Caserma Ramaci in Augusta, Sicily, bears his name.
He remains active in the veteran community as a member of the American Legion and the Association of the United States Army (AUSA).
Great Product Ventures
As founder of Great Product Ventures (GPV), Jonathan builds digital product passport (DPP) software — a verifiable digital record that travels with a physical product, documenting its materials, origin, and life cycle.
EU product regulation
Helping brands meet the European Union's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), which is making digital product passports a requirement across major product categories.
Brand storytelling
Using the same verified record to connect consumers directly with where and how a product was made — turning compliance data into a relationship between maker and buyer.
U.S. import & export
Extending passport technology to U.S. companies moving goods across borders, with transparency built in from source to shelf.
Experience
Managing General Partner of Great Product Ventures; non-executive board director through 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, and the U.S. Army. Full experience · Press releases
AI4Good
Jonathan created AI4Good, an AI platform that moves surplus food from grocers and restaurants to people who need it before it spoils — matching donors, delivery and food pantries automatically. It launches first in the Charleston, South Carolina area. ai4good.us
Encore
Jonathan also created Encore, a dress-rental app that lets high school students rent and lend prom and formal dresses to each other, with parent approval on every rental and a Same-Dress Alert so no two students show up in the same gown. It launches first in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Visit Encore
Charleston Classics
Jonathan owns Charleston Classics, offering private cruises from Isle of Palms aboard Colleen, a 1929 Blanchard-designed classic motor yacht — harbor cruises, celebrations and wedding arrivals for up to six guests. charlestonclassics.com
Patents
Jonathan E. Ramaci is the named inventor on 19 U.S. and international patents and published patent applications, spanning wearable devices, connected health, medication adherence, and secure payment and data systems, from 2006 to 2019.
Granted U.S. patents
System for management and intervention of neurocognitive-related conditions and diseases
U.S. Patent No. 10,706,971 · Granted July 7, 2020
Wearable interactive notification device and interactive notification system
U.S. Patent No. 10,580,284 · Granted March 3, 2020 · Also filed as WO 2018/140470 and EP 3573591
Wearable device antenna apparatus and system
U.S. Patent No. 10,424,832 · Granted September 24, 2019
Connected health & assistive devices
Patient-centered assistive system for multi-therapy adherence intervention and care management
US 2019/0043501 · Published 2019
Interactive pill dispensing apparatus and ecosystem for medication management
US 2019/0228850 · Published 2019
System and method for clinical trial management
US 2019/0066822 · Published 2019
Method and system for assistive electronic detailing ecosystem
US 2019/0096533 · Published 2019
Enhanced assistive mobility devices
US 2019/0172571 · Published 2019
Apparatus, method and system for electronic device customization
US 2019/0244278 · Published 2019
Vehicle telematic assistive apparatus and system
WO 2019/213177 · Published 2019
Systems, methods, and computer program products for the receipt of health and wellness transaction offers
US 2017/0308897 · Published 2017
Secure health data storage and transaction system
US 2017/0344755 · Published 2017
Payments, biometrics & secure data
Biometric authentication system
US 2016/0224773 · Published 2016
Systems, methods, and computer program products for the receipt of transaction offers
US 2014/0337220 · Published 2014
Payment initiation and acceptance system
US 2014/0164154 · Published 2014
Data reader
US 2014/0158767 · Published 2014
Dynamically re-programmable transaction card
US 2013/0311363 · Published 2013
Secure data storage and transaction system
US 2013/0311372 · Published 2013
Method and apparatus for biometrically secured encrypted data storage
US 2008/0059379 · Published 2008
Classics & Scholarship
Jonathan is a graduate student in the Classics program at Villanova University. His work brings a soldier's and a builder's perspective to ancient texts.
Achilles and the Embassy
A reading of Achilles' reply to the Embassy in Book 9 of Homer's Iliad, in conversation with Jonathan Shay's Achilles in Vietnam and its account of moral injury in combat veterans.
Vitruvius and the modern stage
An applied study of the theatre acoustics described in Book V of Vitruvius's De Architectura — including the bronze resonating vessels (echea) — and how those principles and materials could improve the Smith Performance Lab in Villanova's Mullen Center.
A lifelong student of the Italian language and culture, Jonathan is a member of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF).
Legal
Ramaci v. Wilson, No. 2023-CP-40-00827 — Jonathan Ramaci’s pending petition in the Richland County Court of Common Pleas challenging a 2022 South Carolina Securities Division cease-and-desist order. Case details and procedural history.
Contact
For professional inquiries, speaking, or collaboration: jon.ramaci@gmail.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jonathanramaci