# About Building Resilience

> Building Resilience (BuildResil) was founded by Dr. Jonathan D. Linton, former Editor-in-Chief of Technovation. Meet the team and ClarityAILab, our AI lab.

URL: https://www.buildresil.com/about
Last updated: 2026-11-01

Research-grade methods, put to work in real supply chains and operations.

## Who is Building Resilience?

**Building Resilience (BuildResil) is a supply chain, AI and decision support company. We help organizations see disruption early, test their options and make decisions that hold up under uncertainty.** We bring research-grade methods, such as stochastic optimization, genetic algorithms and early warning analytics, into real operations, and we stay through implementation.

## Our team

### Dr. Jonathan D. Linton, Founder {#jonathan-linton}

Dr. Jonathan D. Linton founded Building Resilience. He previously served as **Editor-in-Chief of *Technovation***, the international journal on technological innovation, and chairs the editorial board of [ClarityAILab](https://www.clarityailab.com/). His published research includes:

- Linton, J. D., & Xu, W. (2021). Understanding and managing the biotechnology valley of death. *Trends in Biotechnology*. [doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.06.013](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.06.013)
- Linton, J. D., & Xu, W. (2021). Research on science and technological entrepreneurship education: What needs to happen next? *Journal of Technology Transfer*, 46(2), 393–406. [doi:10.1007/s10961-020-09786-6](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-020-09786-6)

Contact: [SupplyChain@buildresil.com](mailto:SupplyChain@buildresil.com)

## ClarityAILab, our AI lab

[ClarityAILab](https://www.clarityailab.com/) develops our AI products. For business, that means [MaiMai](/products/maimai), offered as Clarity Enterprise: supply chain AI that turns documents into structured data and runs sourcing and purchasing workflows, with governance and human oversight built in.

## What we stand for

- **Proof over promises.** We publish results we can stand behind, with context. See [Experience](/experience).
- **People decide.** Our systems support human decisions; they do not replace them. See [Governance](/governance).
- **Practical by design.** We build for real operations, including rural, remote and resource-constrained settings.

## Partners

We represent Sound Mathematics in Canada and work with specialist partners where careful deployment matters. See [Partnerships](/partnerships).

## Questions people ask

### Who is the founder of Building Resilience?

Dr. Jonathan D. Linton founded Building Resilience. He previously served as Editor-in-Chief of Technovation and chairs the editorial board of ClarityAILab.

### Is BuildResil the same as Building Resilience?

Yes. BuildResil is the short name of Building Resilience, used in our web address, buildresil.com.

### What is ClarityAILab?

ClarityAILab is Building Resilience's AI lab. It develops our AI products, including MaiMai for sourcing and procurement, and Clarity Kids, with governance, privacy and environmental efficiency as standards.


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