{{short description|South African risk management expert}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} thumb|Dr. Ron Dembo, 2021 '''Ron Samuel Dembo''' is an academic and entrepreneur. He served as a professor at Yale University.<ref>{{Cite news |title= |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/technology/15iht-carbon.1.5713682.html}}</ref> During this time, he held joint appointments in both the Department of Computer Science and the School of Management.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Citizen roles in resilient cities - Ron Dembo, Zerofootprint {{!}} UN-Habitat |url=https://unhabitat.org/citizen-roles-in-resilient-cities-ron-dembo-zerofootprint |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=unhabitat.org}}</ref> He co-authored three Technical Reports at Yale's Dept. of Computer Science in 1984.<ref> {{cite web |title=1984 Technical Reports |url=https://cpsc.yale.edu/research/technical-reports/1984-technical-reports |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=Yale University :: Computer Science |language=en |location=New Haven, CT}} </ref>
== Career == Dembo was founder and CEO of Algorithmics Incorporated.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-02-08 |title=Algorithmics reshuffles senior management |url=https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/1330/algorithmics-reshuffles-senior-management |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=Finextra Research |language=en}}</ref> Algorithmics was sold to Fitch in 2005<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-07 |title=Riskthinking.AI: Making the world climate-ready |url=https://www.technology-innovators.com/riskthinking-ai/ |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=Technology Innovators |language=en-US}}</ref> and later to IBM in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hubler|first=David|date=1 September 2011|title=IBM brings another analytics company under Big Blue umbrella|work=Washington Technology|url=https://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2011/09/01/ibm-algorithmics-buy.aspx|access-date=2021-03-01}}</ref> It has since been acquired by SS&C.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-26|title=SS&C to Acquire Algorithmics from IBM|url=https://www.finsmes.com/2019/09/ssc-to-acquire-algorithmics-from-ibm.html|access-date=2021-03-01|website=FinSMEs|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2005, Dembo founded Zerofootprint Software, a Toronto-based, cleantech software and services company.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lohr|first=Steve|date=2007-05-15|title=World mayors get software to track carbon imprint (Published 2007)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/technology/15iht-carbon.1.5713682.html|access-date=2021-03-01|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In the same year, he founded the non-profit Zerofootprint Foundation<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Zerofootprint Foundation · 392 Markham Street, Toronto, ON M6G 2K9|url=https://opengovca.com/corporation/4549058|access-date=2021-03-01|website=opengovca.com}}</ref> which won gold in the Climate Change category at the Canadian Environment Awards in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-06-04|title=Canadian Environment Awards Announces Winners for 2008|url=https://thegreenpages.ca/2008/06/04/canadian_environment_awards_an_3/|access-date=2021-03-01|website=thegreenpages.ca|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Zero Prize|url=http://www.thezeroprize.com/|access-date=2021-03-01|website=www.thezeroprize.com}}</ref>
== Awards and honors == In May 2007, Dembo was made a lifetime Fields Institute Fellow.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-09-30|title=Fields Institute Fellows|url=http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/honours-and-fellowships/fields-institute-fellows|access-date=2021-03-01|website=Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences|language=en}}</ref> This fellowship is awarded to "individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the Fields Institute," its programs, and to the Canadian mathematical community. Dembo's alma mater, the University of Waterloo, honored Dembo with a Distinguished Alumni Achievement Medal for Professional Achievement in business and climate change in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-07-26|title=Recipients of the Alumni Achievement Medal|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/alumni-achievement-medal-past-recipients|access-date=2021-03-01|website=Engineering|language=en}}</ref>
In 2009 and 2010, Dembo participated in the Steering Committee of the World Urban Campaign, as coordinated by UN Habitat, in Barcelona,<ref> {{Cite conference |access-date=14 May 2024 |date=12-14 October 2009 |location=Barcelona, Spain |publisher=UN Habitat |title=Outcome of the 1st Session of the Steering Committee of the World Urban Campaign |url=https://staging.unhabitat.org/downloads/docs/7541_28061_1%20WUC%20SCM%20Barcelona%20Oct%202009%20Final%20report.pdf }} </ref> Paris,<ref> {{Cite conference |access-date=14 May 2024 |date=7-9 December 2009 |location=Paris |publisher=UN Habitat |title=Outcome of the Second Steering Committee Meeting and Working Group Meeting of the World Urban Campaign on Goals, Strategy and Principles |url=https://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/paris_december_2009/unhabitat_paris_dec_2009.pdf }} </ref> and Rio de Janeiro.<ref> {{Cite conference |access-date=14 May 2024 |date=20 March 2010 |location=Rio de Janeiro |publisher=UN Habitat |title=Outcome of the 3rd Session of the Steering Committee of the World Urban Campaign |url=https://staging.unhabitat.org/downloads/docs/8290_93843_3%20WUC%20SCM%20Rio%20de%20Janeiro%20March%202010%20Final%20report.pdf }} </ref> In 2024, Zerofootprint remains a Partner in the Business and Industries Constituency of the World Urban Campaign by UN Habitat.<ref> {{Cite web |access-date=14 May 2024 |date=6 March 2024 |publisher=UN Habitat |title=Sponsors and Partners |url=https://www.worldurbancampaign.org/partners
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== Books == Dembo is the author of ''Seeing Tomorrow: Rewriting the Rules of Risk,'' co-authored with Andrew Freeman, published in April 1998;<ref>{{Cite web |title= Seeing Tomorrow: Rewriting the Rules of Risk | Wiley|url=https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Seeing+Tomorrow%3A+Rewriting+the+Rules+of+Risk-p-9780471436973}}</ref> ''Upside Downside: Simple Rules of Risk Management for the Smart Investor,'' co-authored with Daniel Stoffman, published in March 2006;<ref>{{Cite book |title= Upside, Downside: Simple Rules of Risk Management for the Smart Investor| isbn=978-0-385-66159-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GeTjAAAACAAJ | last1=Dembo | first1=Ron S. | last2=Stoffman | first2=Daniel | date=2006 | publisher=Doubleday Canada }}</ref> and ''Risk Thinking'', published in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Risk Thinking|url=https://www.archwaypublishing.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/820433-risk-thinking}}</ref>
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