About the Founder
Robert Azeem Jackson III
Afro-futurist cultural strategist, data scientist, and founder of Cypher.
Rob founds Cypher, an innovation studio which builds systems that preserve memory, protect identity, and empower generational change.
Rob helps organizations build systems that protect legacy, strengthen belonging, and empower future generations.
“I help cities, towns, and communities remember who they are, I’m a memory worker.”
Educator turned movement scientist. TEDx speaker, Halcyon Fellow, and Columbia-trained learning analyst, with ten years building community power through data literacy and organizational strategy. Read Full CV.
Afrofuturism, made operational.
Afrofuturism, put simply, is a declaration that we are the architects of our own narratives. Cypher is that declaration made operational, grounded in the belief that the future is built on the stories we choose to remember. Cypher X Remembrance’s work sits at the intersection of technological innovation and ancestral storytelling.