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Irving Wladawsky-Berger, PhD., is a Research Affiliate at MIT's Sloan School of Management and at Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan (CAMS) and Fellow of the Initiative on the Digital Economy, of MIT Connection Science, and of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab.
Nicklas Bergman is the Founder and CEO of Intergalactic Industries AB. He spent the last 25 years as an entrepreneur and technology investor, mostly focusing on investments and business development in emerging markets, IT, instrumentation, nanotechnology, computing and new materials.
Phaedra Boinodiris is IBM Consulting's Global Leader for Trustworthy AI, Co-Founder of Future World Alliance
. She is a prolific public speaker and author, she is on the IBM Academy of Technology's leadership council.
Chuck Brooks is named "Top Tech Person To Follow" by LinkedIn, voted "Cybersecurity Person of the Year,” is cited as a Top 10 Global Tech & Cyber Expert and Influencer, is a Georgetown University professor, a 2X presidential appointee, a FORBES writer and has over 100k LinkedIn followers.
Vint Cerf, PhD., has served as vice president and chief Internet evangelist for Google since October 2005. In this role, he contributes to global policy development and continued standardization and spread of the Internet. He is also an active public face for Google in the Internet world.
Calum Chace, referred to as
‘The AI guy’ is a Global keynote speaker on artificial intelligence, and is author of ‘Surviving AI’ and ‘The Economic Singularity.’ Co-host of The London Futurist Podcast
Dan Conway, PhD, is an author, teaching professor at the University of Arkansas, and Chief Decision Officer at a security startup. Dan serves on several blockchain standards boards and advises several blockchain startups. Dan is also an advisor to Cognitive World.
Francesco Corea, PhD is the Director of Data Science at Greycroft. He oversees the firm’s data strategy and builds data-driven engines to source, screen, and assess new deals.
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Ekta Dang, PhD is CEO and Founder of U First Capital and drove venture capital investments at Intel prior to that.
Sanjit Singh Dang, PhD has been a successful Venture Capitalist, Corporate Executive, Board Member, Speaker and Writer in Silicon Valley for almost two decades. He is currently the Co-Founder and Chairman of U First Capital.founded UFirst Capital (
VC as a Service)
Tom Davenport, PhD is a world-renowned thought leader and author, is the President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College, a Fellow of the MIT Center for Digital Business, and an independent senior advisor to Deloitte Analytics.
Haluk Demirkan, Ph.D., is an Assistant Dean of Analytics Innovations, and
Milgard Professor of Service Innovation & Business Analytics, University of Washington, Tacoma. He is a multi-faceted Award Winning Global Distinguished Scientist and Senior Digital Technology & Analytics Leader with 25+ years’ professional, academic, science, technology transfer and business development experience.
Sameer Dhanrajani is
CEO at AIQRATE. He is a globally recognized AI advisor, business builder, evangelist and thought leader known for his deep knowledge in AI & Analytics space and strategic consulting approaches in AI.
Aparna Dhinakaran is
Co-Founder and CPO at Arize AI, is a pioneer and early leader in machine learning (ML) observability. And a frequent speaker at top conferences.
Chetan Dube has served as the President and CEO of Amelia, an IPsoft Company since its inception in 1998. During his tenure, he has led the company to create a radical shift in the way IT is managed. Prior to joining Amelia, Chetan served as an Assistant Professor at New York University.
Seth Earley is CEO and Founder at Earley Information Science, and is an award winning author of The AI Powered Enterprise. His current work covers artificial intelligence, cognitive computing, knowledge engineering, data management systems, taxonomy, ontology, and metadata governance strategies.
Ahmed El Adl, PhD., is an Innovative technology pioneer and cognitive transformation leader with a proven record of accomplishments of global scale achievements in envisioning and building intelligent technologies and applying them to solve real-world problems.
Ken Elefant is Partner and Cofounder at Sorenson Ventures. He has invested in security and software startups since 1999 with Battery Ventures, Lightspeed and Intel Capital. He co-founded Sorenson Ventures in 2017 which focuses on early stage security and enterprise software startups. Ken was recognized by Marketwatch in 2017 as one of the most connected names in tech.
Ryohei Fujimaki, Ph.D. is Founder & CEO of dotData. Prior to founding dotData, he was the youngest research fellow ever in NEC Corporation’s 119-year history.
Shar Govindan is the Director of Water Solutions at Bentley Systems. He is a TEDx speaker, as well as a speaker at learning, technology, and social media conferences, and volunteers as a judge for STEM competitions. He started the Govindan family foundation program that has awarded numerous fellowships to engineering students.
Melvin Greer, PhD is Chief Data Scientist, Americas, Intel Corporation. He is
responsible for building Intel’s data science platform through artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain zero trust models and neuromorphic computing to accelerate transformation of data into a strategic asset for global enterprises.
Pradeep Gulipalli is Co-Founder of Tiger Analytics, a global AI consulting firm and heads its India office. He is driven by the vision of making Tiger the best-advanced analytics and AI consulting firm in the world.
Christine Heckart is the non-binary, genderfluid founder and CEO of Xapa World and has experience on both sides of the board table. She brings over twenty-five years of experience in the technology industry having held a variety of leadership roles including CEO, GM, President, and CMO in industries that include entertainment, SaaS, data analytics, security, networking, and storage.
Stephen Ibaraki is the Chairman and Founding Managing General Partner of REDDS Capital, Founder Chair Outreach ITU ACM XPRIZE AI for good Global Summit, and the Founding Chairman of Technology Advisory Council FinTech Ideas Festival.
Hessie Jones is a Venture Partner at MATR Ventures. She is a Strategist and Venture Partner advocating for human-centred AI, education and the ethical distribution of AI. She advocates for Data Rights and invests in Underestimated Founders.
Setrag Khoshafian, PhD is Principal and Chief Scientist at Khosh Consultinghas been a senior executive in the software industry where he innovated, architected, and led the development of several software products, services, and solutions.
Douglas Lenat, PhD, (Doug, truly a legend, passed recently) is the CEO of Cycorp, Inc. of Austin, Texas, and has been a prominent researcher in artificial intelligence; he was awarded the biannual IJCAI Computers and Thought Award in 1976 for creating the machine learning program, AM.
Gerd Leonhard is a
Keynote Speaker (Virtual and RL), an author, Futurist & Humanist, CEO The Futures Agency, and Host of TheFutureShow.
Nella Ludlow, PhD is Director of Quantum Computing and Research Professor of Computer Science at Wright State University
. Nella is a Serial entrepreneur, research scientist, professor, CEO, CTO, author, and inventor.
Utpal Mangla, MBA, PEng, CMC, ITCP, PMP, ITIL, CSM is a Vice President and Senior Partner in IBM, and Global Leader of IBM’s Telecommunications, Media and Entertainment (TME) Industry’s Center of Competency.
Mark Minevich is the Chief Digital AI Strategist, Global Social Innovation Technology Executive & Chair, Co-Chair of AI for the Planet. He is
a trusted Digital Cognitive Strategist, Artificial Intelligence expert, Venture Capitalist, and the principal founder of Going Global Ventures.
Steve Omohundro, PhD is CEO at Beneficial AI Research. Steve has been a scientist, professor, author, software architect, and entrepreneur and is working to ensure that advanced AI is beneficial, aligned, and safe. He is formerly a Research Scientist at Meta in the Probability Org and worked on differentiable programming, probabilistic programming and AI-based simulation.
Ganesh Padmanabhan is a seasoned full-stack business operator in Enterprise SaaS, Data, and AI businesses, across Fortune 500 companies and early-stage startups, 2x time founder.
Nathaniel Palmer is the Director, Business Architecture for Serco, Inc. as well as the Executive Director of the Workflow Management Coalition. He is a best-selling author, speaker and practitioner, and had been rated #1 Most Influential Thought Leader in Business Process Management (BPM). Nathaniel has led design for some of the largest-scale, most complex process automation and digital transformation initiatives.
Jayshree Pandya,
PhD is Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Risk Group LLC. In addition, Jayshree serves in the C-Suite of leading emerging technology startups, actively applying her scientific background in designing futuristic systems.
Carole Piovesan, Partner and co-Founder of INQ Data Law where she focuses on data governance, privacy, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) risk management.
Bruce Richardson, Chief Enterprise Strategist at Salesforce.com
. In this role, he oversees the Enterprise Strategy team which is responsible for the company's engagement with executives from IT, sales, marketing, and operations.
Paul Roma is the GM, IBM Watson Health,
transforming healthcare around the world by applying next-generation technologies, such as data, analytics, AI, and hybrid cloud.
Rajeev Ronanki is CEO at Lyric and is an Amazon Best Selling Author. Rajeev continues to reimagine the future of healthcare by harnessing the power of AI and data to provide consumers with predictive, proactive, and personalized insights at the intersection of healthcare supply and demand.
Prof. Dr. Doreen Rosenstrauch is founder of DrDoRo®Institute. Dr. Rosenstrauch is a physician, educator, mentor, founder, consultant, executive, nurse, researcher, scientist, angel investor.
Beth Rudden, CEO and Chairwoman of Bast AI. In 2023 Beth was recognized as one of the 100 most brilliant leaders in AI Ethics.
Neil Sahota is the Chief Executive Officer of ACSILabs Inc., IBM Master Inventor, Author, Business Advisor, Keynote Speaker, and Tech Coast Angel. He is a Professor at UC Irvine, and author of the book: Own the A.I. Revolution.
Manoj Saxena is the Chairman of CognitiveScale and Responsible AI Institute, Investor and Educator. He is a venture capitalist focused on Cognitive Computing and Machine Intelligence market. He is the Founder - AI Global non-profit. Also, the Co-founder and Board Membe of Bridgeweave.
Ron Schmelzer is managing partner and principal analyst at the Artificial Intelligence-focused research and advisory firm Cognilytica, and regular contributor to Forbes, TechTarget, and Cognitive World.
Thomas Seoh is the President and CEO at Kinexum. He is an entrepreneur/executive who has held senior leadership positions in public and private, pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies for three decades.
Tarry Singh is the CEO & Chairman of deepkapha AI Lab, Author, Mentor, and Startup Coach. He is an experienced, entrepreneurial, well-rounded data-obsessed professional with over 20 years of experience in multiple industries.
Jim Sinur is the CEO of Flueresque.
His research and areas of personal experience focus on automation and customer excellence, intelligent business processes, business modeling, business process management technologies, process collaboration for knowledge workers, process intelligence/optimization, AI, IoT, and leveraging business applications in processes.
Manu Sharma is an engineer, designer and entrepreneur. He is the Founder & CEO of Labelbox, the industry leading training data software that is accelerating global access to artificial intelligence. His interests range from artificial intelligence to clean energy, aviation, and space exploration.
Andrew Spanyi is the CEO and Founder of Spanyi International Inc.
President of Spanyi International, which provides expert services at the intersection of customer experience, process innovation, and digital technologies
. He has been an instructor at the BPM Institute. He is also a member of the Cognitive World Think Tank on enterprise AI.
Jim Spohrer is
Director, Cognitive OpenTech at IBM. Jim Spohrer directs IBM’s open source Artificial Intelligence (AI) efforts. Previously at IBM, he led Global University Programs, co-founded Almaden Service Research, and was CTO of Venture Capital Group.
Sheridan Tatsuno is the Principal of Dreamscape Global, Advisor of Aimedis.io. He is
passionate about urban planning, was a Silicon Valley strategist, serial entrepreneur, and writer of screenplays, novels, and business books who focuses on VR storytelling for sustainable cities.
Marco Tavora, Ph.D. is a data scientist at Blu, and a prolific writer on advancements in science, space and finance.
Jessica Taylor is the CEO & Founder of Reality of Win Strategies
. Her expertise involves the development of innovative strategies for CIO’s to harness sustainable success in this exciting time of the evolving intelligent enterprise.
Andy Thurai is VP & Principal Analyst of Constellation Research Inc.
Andy’s specialties include: Strategy, Selling Technology to C level, Solutions Evangelization, Strategic Alliances, and Technical and Solutions Architecture.
Alan Trefler is an author, and is the Founder and CEO of Pegasystems.
He is a Visionary leader, technology change-agent, innovative philanthropist, and trusted advisor to global business executives.
Atul Vashistha, CEO of Supply Wisdom & Neo Group, is a serial entrepreneur with deep expertise at the intersection of technology, global supply chain and risk management.
Peter Voss is f
ounder, CEO, Chief Scientist at AGI Innovations and Aigo.ai. He is a Serial Entrepreneur, Engineer, Inventor, and a Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence. Coined the term ‘AGI’ (Artificial General Intelligence) with fellow luminaries in the space.
Vivek Wadhwa is a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School and Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering in Silicon Valley.
He is the author of five best-selling books.
He’s also a globally syndicated columnist.
Kathleen Walch is a serial entrepreneur, savvy marketer, AI and Machine Learning expert, and tech industry connector. She is a principal analyst, managing partner, and founder of Cognilytica, an AI research and advisory firm, and co-host of the popular AI Today podcast.
Tiffany Xingyu Wang CMO of OpenWeb, President & Co-founder of Oasis Consortium
. Oasis Consortium is a think tank to advance digital sustainability through ethical standards and technologies for Web 3.0, which launch
Fabian J. G. Westerheide is the CEO & Founder of Rise of AI. He is an international expert on Artificial Intelligence strategy, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist.
Lars Wood is CTO of Analog Computation Enterprise (ACE), and is the co-inventor and developer of the patented Octopus Neural System (ONS) and the patent-pending (ACE) MASEC/M semiconductor programmable matter circuit element building blocks. For decades Lars has been a solver of intractable challenges for DoD and industry through novel invention, development and application of hardware, software and molecular systems.
Lisa Wood is CEO and founder of Cognitive World, and CEO of Analog Computation Enterprise Inc. (ACE). Lisa is a longtime deep tech entrepreneur and big business media veteran.
Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD., is the f
ounder and CEO at Insilico Medicine. It is a leader in next-generation artificial intelligence technologies for drug discovery and biomarker development. He is also the founder of Deep Longevity, Inc, a spin-off of Insilico Medicine.
CONTRIBUTORS
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Michael Ashley is the Owner and Creative Content Specialist at Michael Ashley Publishing. He is a screenwriting professor at Chapman University. He has written over twenty books on numerous subjects, including four bestsellers. He recently co-authored Own the A.I. Revolution: Unlock Your Artificial Intelligence Strategy to Disrupt Your Competition
Annie Brown is f
ounder at Lips, and is a Forbes Contributor.
Kurt Cagle is the managing editor of Data Science Central, the largest community of data science practitioners on the Internet, and the publisher and editor of The Cagle Report.
Gurnoor Singh Dang is a speaker, writer, and CEO. He has been awarded the Medal of Honor by Keith Krach, former US Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, for his work towards youth empowerment.
Taarini Kaur Dang, a student and mentor in Silicon Valley, and Forbes contributor, founded her own Venture Capital firm, Brave14 Capital, for which she has raised funding from top Venture Capitalists and Institutional Investors in the US.
Naveen Joshi is Founder and CEO of Allerin, which develops engineering and technology solutions focused on optimal customer experiences. Naveen works in AI, Big Data, IoT and Blockchain.
Annette White-Klososky is the Founding Partner of Future Point of View
. She is a sought-after consultant and executive coach in all facets of organizational culture, leadership development, and the ways in which emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence will impact these areas.
Jeanna Matthews,
Clarkson University
computer science professor and an affiliate at Data and Society. She is a researcher interested in supporting the rights of individuals in a world of automation.
Martine Paris is a Trending Reporter, US Consumer, and reports on what’s trending with snappy, high-traffic stories across the global business economy, consumer, retail, food, fashion, luxury, lifestyle, culture, entertainment, sports, and tech for Bloomberg News, TV, Radio, Businessweek magazine, and QuickTake TikTok-Twitter-Instagram, with syndication in leading publications around the world.
Sandra Ponce de Leon is the Co-founder of More Women in Crypto. She is
a
veteran start-up executive,
is an e
ntrepreneurial marketer and hybrid journalist. Sandra’s expertise spans SaaS, ad tech, social business, consumer mobile, and AI.
Craig Smith is the Founder of Eye on A.I., an artificial intelligence-focused podcast and newsletter; He is a special Government employee for the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.
Nisha Talagala, PhD., is the CEO & Co-founder of Pyxeda AI and AIClub
. She is a world-renowned computer scientist and an expert in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
Jun Wu is a hybrid journalist for technology, AI and data Science. She is a cross-functional leader who brings different stakeholders together to solve complex business and system problems.