# Ryan Fukushima

> Ryan Fukushima is the Chicago-based CEO of Data & Apps at Tempus AI and a co-founder and director of Pathos AI. Trained in engineering at Cal Poly and business at Michigan Ross, he worked on backend systems for Cisco and VMware before entering venture capital at Hyde Park Venture Partners and Lightbank. He joined Tempus as chief operating officer in September 2015 and helped scale the business through its 2024 Nasdaq listing. His public writing examines hiring, customer discovery, and partnership design.

- **Role:** CEO, Data & Apps at Tempus AI
- **Organizations:** Tempus AI, Pathos AI, SB TEMPUS, Lightbank, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Cisco, VMware
- **Education:** BS in Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, MBA; Zell Scholar, University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
- **Known for:** Helped scale Tempus from its early operating years through its June 2024 public listing., Co-founded Pathos AI with Eric Lefkofsky., Named a representative director of SB TEMPUS in SoftBank’s June 2024 joint-venture announcement.

## Career timeline

- **Before Chicago; dates unverified** — Worked as an engineer designing and implementing backend systems for Cisco and VMware.
- **Before 2014; exact dates unverified** — Worked at Hyde Park Venture Partners, focusing on Midwest enterprise investments.
- **2014-02 to 2015-09** — Entrepreneur-in-residence and vice president at Lightbank.
- **2015-09** — Became chief operating officer of Tempus.
- **2022** — Pathos dates its founding by Eric Lefkofsky and Ryan Fukushima to 2022; some filings describe his involvement from 2021.
- **2024-06** — Tempus began trading on Nasdaq; SoftBank announced SB TEMPUS, listing Fukushima as a representative director.
- **2025-05** — Moved from interim CEO of Pathos to advisor and continuing board member as Iker Huerga became CEO.
- **2026** — Listed by Tempus as CEO, Data & Apps.

## Achievements

- Helped scale Tempus from its early operating years through its June 2024 public listing.
- Co-founded Pathos AI with Eric Lefkofsky.
- Named a representative director of SB TEMPUS in SoftBank’s June 2024 joint-venture announcement.
- Zell Scholar at Michigan Ross.
- Lists Crain’s Chicago 40 Under 40 (2017) and Endpoints News 20 Under 40 (2023) on his LinkedIn profile.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Published a Tempus article arguing for an integrated approach to data, AI models, and computing infrastructure.

## Links

- Website: https://ryanfukushima.substack.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanfukushima

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Last updated: 2026-10-24