ABOUT ME

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Founder | Rape Survivor | Podcaster | Author | Inventor | Technology Pioneer | Chef

Greetings!! I am Geof (pronounced: “jeff”). I enjoy meeting new people and making new life-long friends from around the globe. 🙂 🌎

I am based near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The beach behind me in my profile photo is Baker Beach, it is where very first Burning Man festival was ever held in the 1990’s.

MY PAST: I invented video shorts (using cell phones on cellular networks to upload video to social media), galley sauce, and UR Tags. By being founder and chair emeritus of the California IPv6 Task Force I helped pioneer new Internet technologies that paved the way for the AI Age, video streaming and autonomous robotics. Internet Protocol v6 (IPv6) enhances the quantity, interoperability, mobility and security of the Internet. Chef and sales professional.

MY FUTURE: Bringing the hospitality industry into the AI Age, and giving a voice to rape and sexual abuse survivors.

I am the founder of Maxson Point.AI based in San Francisco. Maxson Point.AI is focused on hospitality automation and tech. AI enhanced marketing, customer loyalty, payment processing, robotics are among some of the areas Maxson Point.AI assists hospitality companies in operating as efficiently and as profitable as possible.

VOS (venue operating system), a new hospitality technology. VOS uses AI related technologies and puts many facets of the customer of hospitality experiences into the palm of their hands on their phones, from ordering, promotions, payments, loyalty programs and others. VOS is to hospitality what autonomous ride-sharing is to transportation (Waymo), and what on-demand is to food delivery (DoorDash).

Currently I have two podcasts in production this fall and winter.

- One is focused on various facets of the hospitality industry and current trends. It’s called How Hospitality Happens.

- The other is a voice for both survivors of sexual abuse and those that support survivors in a mission to prevent abuse from ever happening. It is called Breaking the Code of Silence.

GEOF LAMBERT’S 5 TRUTHS OF RAPE & SEXUAL ABUSE

❗️Anybody can be a victim of abuse at any time and at any place.

❗️Anybody you come in contact with could be a perpetrator of rape or abuse

❗️An 18+ year old having sex, any kind of sex, with someone less than 16 years old in the USA is never having consensual sex. Non consensual sex is called rape.

❗️Having sex, any kind of sex, with somebody mentally incapacitated by alcohol or drugs regardless of their age is never consensual, it’s called rape.

❗️Often times the trauma suffered by an abuser not being believed is just as traumatic if not more than the actual act of abuse itself.

📣 Protect yourself at all times and always be aware of these facts above.

I experienced rape and sexual abuse as a Boy Scout between the ages of 11 and 16 by a serial pedophile. He was very well educated, wealthy, influential and once voted “Citizen of the Year”.

To relax I enjoy sailing, running, biking, washing dishes, puppy walking.

“Do not underestimate what a good loaf of bread and a decent bottle of wine can accomplish!” After all, food is one of the best universal languages, right??

I have been a Rotary Youth Exchange student, and a Cultural Scholar sponsored by Rotary District 2090 in Perugia, Italy. As a Rotarian I have been a member of the Rotary Club of Fair Oaks for over 15 years. I was elected to be the club president in Rotary year 2005-2006. I am Past Chair of the District Foundation Scholarship Committee. I am one of the original founders of the Interact Club at Bella Vista High School. I am also a past co-counselor for the Rotary Center for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution at the University of California at Berkeley, and I am Past District 5180 Peace Scholar Chair.

In addition to having traveled internationally, I have driven coast to coast across the USA many times, and have been in just about all 50 states, and most major American cities.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I enjoy sharing hospitality and meeting new people and making life-long friends from around the world.

Interests

Running, biking, sailing, hiking, washing dishes, taking pics, music, restaurants, travel.

• fish
• wine
• clubbing
• technology
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• fishing
• hiking
• sailing
• skiing
• business
• communications
• law
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

TUNES: Peter Gabriel, Joe Jackson, Seal, Moby, Antonio Vivaldi, Nine Inch Nails, Sade, Herbie Hancock, Berlin, Simple Minds, Clash, Incognito, Ohio Players, Coldplay, The Cult, The Church, Smithereens, The Alarm, Dramarama, Joe Sample, Moby, Romeo Void, Donna Summer

BOOKS: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, Chez Panisse Cookbook, Lincoln The Unknown, Mastering The Art Of French Cooking, and those I have yet to write

FLICKS: Get Shorty, French Connection, The Godfather, Dog Day Afternoon

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Invented using a phone to upload video to social media (video shorts). This is two, but, I have driven coast to coast USA in three days.

Teach, Learn, Share

SHARE: Great San Francisco experiences all over the city…at places like Embarcadero, Baker Beach, Chinatown, North Beach, Golden Gate Park, Lands End, for biking, running, eating, drinking, hiking, and making new friends. How to make awesome French Toast. Walking across the entire length of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Sightseeing, Food & Photo Opportunities at popular destinations:

SAN FRANCISCO
Golden Gate Bridge
Painted Ladies
Bay Bridge
Open AI Offices
Uber Offices
Linkedin Offices
DoorDash Offices
Visa Offices
Levi’s Offices
UC SF Medical Center
Embarcadero
Cable Car
Golden Gate Park
Dolores Park
Presidio Park
Presido Tunnel Top
Ferry Building
Chinatown
Japantown
North Beach Little Italy
Lombard Street
Fishermans Wharf
Pier 39
Coit Tower
Legion of Honor Museum
de Young Museum
Mission District
Pacific Heights
Sea-Cliff
Lake Merced
Fort Mason
Fort Point
Lands End
Market Street
Marina District
Financial District
Chestnut Street
Levi’s Plaza
Baker Beach
China Beach
Ocean Beach
Crissy Field
Union Square
Fairmont Hotel
Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Mark Hopkin’s Hotel
St. Regis Hotel
St. Francis Hotel
Gary Danko Restaurant
Waterbar Restaurant
Original Joe’s Restaurant
Tony’s Pizzeria
Golden Boy Sicilian Pizza
Fog City Diner
Scoma’s Restaurant
St. Francis Yacht Club
South Beach Marina
Giant’s Oracle Park
Warrior’s Chase Center

NAPA VALLEY
Welcome to Napa Valley Sign
The French Laundry
Culinary Institute of America
Mustard’s Grill
Restoration Hardware
Downtown Napa
Opus Winery
Model Bakery
Oxbow Markets
CIA at Copia
Fatted Calf
Silverado Resort & Spa

MARIN
San Francisco Yacht Club
Corinthian Yacht Club
Sausalito Yacht Club
Scoma’s Restaurant
Spinnaker Restaurant
Marin Headlands
Marin
Tiburon
Fairfax
Larkspur
Angel Island

SILICON VALLEY
Googleplex Mountain View
Meta Corporate Menlo Park
Apple Park Cupertino
Stanford University
Stanford Research Institute
Computer History Museum
Filoli Estate & Gardens
Palo Alto
Menlo Park
Woodside
Redwood City
Sunnyvale
Cupertino
Mountain View
San Jose

This menu of food is typically available to eat 24/7 in-house, and just about any cuisine under the sun is steps away at local restaurants.

BREAKFAST
Indonesian ginger tea
Green tea
English muffins
Fresh fruit
Multi-grain protein enriched nut and fruit oatmeal
French toast
Pancakes
Scrambled eggs

LUNCH
Peanut butter & jelly sandwich
Cheese quesadilla
Tuna fish sandwich
Tossed green salad

DINNER
Pasta spaghetti
Cheese bread
Green leaf salad
Pizza
Quesadilla
Taco

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories about my life and experiences and insights to the topics related to my two podcasts, How Hospitality Happens (hospitality around the globe) and Breaking the Code of Silence (giving a voice to survivors of rape and sex abuse). How to make awesome French Toast for breakfast.

I have been using the concept behind CouchSurfing since I was 17 years old as both a host and a couchsurfer.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Cayman Islands, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

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