AI Transformation
Advisors

Roetzer founded the Marketing AI Institute and hosts the top-ranked Artificial Intelligence Show podcast, having consulted hundreds of organizations from startups to Fortune 500 on AI transformation. His book Marketing Artificial Intelligence (2022) is a leading practitioner guide and he runs the annual MAICON conference.

Former Global Head of Machine Learning for Startups & Venture at AWS and founder of IBM Watson's first multimodal AI team, Miller now advises Fortune 500s including Novartis, Samsung, Coca-Cola, and OpenAI through her firm Open Machine. With nearly 2 million LinkedIn followers, she is TIME's Top 100 Most Influential People in AI.

Bersin founded Bersin & Associates in 2001, sold it to Deloitte in 2012, and re-launched as The Josh Bersin Company to cover AI's impact on HR, talent, and learning. His Galileo AI assistant for HR professionals and 920,000+ LinkedIn followers make him the most influential analyst in the HR technology space.

Faggella founded Emerj to study the ROI of AI among Fortune 500 companies and has conducted nearly 1,000 interviews with enterprise AI leaders and C-suite executives. He speaks regularly for the World Bank, the UN, INTERPOL, and Ivy League universities on applied AI in business.

Bean founded NewVantage Partners in 2001 and ran it for 20 years as the premier Fortune 1000 data and AI advisory firm before its acquisition by Wavestone in 2021. He authors the influential annual Big Data and AI Executive Survey and contributes regularly to Forbes, HBR, and MIT Sloan Management Review.

Creator of the widely-cited 'Data Science Hierarchy of Needs' framework and former VP of Data at Jawbone and senior data scientist at LinkedIn, Rogati now serves as fractional CDO for high-growth startups. Fortune named her a Big Data All-Star and Fast Company listed her among the 100 Most Creative People in Business.

A former CTO and CIO across media, financial services, and construction industries, Sacolick founded StarCIO to help SMBs and enterprises execute faster, smarter digital and AI transformation programs. He is the Amazon bestselling author of Driving Digital and Digital Trailblazer, and publishes 900+ articles annually.

Palmer is CEO of The Palmer Group advising Fortune 500 companies on tech strategy and AI, and Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University's Newhouse School. LinkedIn's Top Voice in Technology, he created the popular free online course Generative AI for Execs and is a regular commentator on CNN and Fox 5.

Webb transformed strategic foresight into a data-driven discipline and now advises a significant portion of the Fortune 100 through the Future Today Institute. She is the author of international bestseller The Big Nine (on the future of AI), an NYU Stern adjunct professor, and a Fellow in the U.S. Government Accountability Office Center for Strategic Foresight.

Chowdhury led Twitter's Machine Learning Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability (META) team and pioneered the first-ever AI bias bounty program before founding Humane Intelligence, a nonprofit driving community-based AI auditing. Named U.S. Science Envoy for AI and one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI, she is a Responsible AI Fellow at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center.

Ammanath leads Deloitte's Global AI Institute and its Trustworthy AI and Ethical Technology practice, having previously served as CTO for AI at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Head of Data Science at GE. She is the author of Trustworthy AI, founder of the non-profit Humans for AI, and a Forbes Top 8 Analytics Expert.

A 25-year McKinsey veteran, Singla leads QuantumBlack, McKinsey's AI and data division of thousands of practitioners, guiding the firm's global AI strategy across financial services, insurance, and operations. He is a frequent author on the State of AI and a trustee of Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.

Greenstein was PwC's US Leader for AI, Data and Analytics Strategy before becoming CAIO at West Monroe, bringing 25+ years of enterprise AI and cloud transformation experience including former Global Head of AI and Analytics at Cognizant. He is a recognized voice on why GenAI pilots fail to scale and how to fix that.

Likens leads PwC's AI Engineering and Emerging Technology R&D teams globally and was named PwC's first US Chief AI Officer, with 21+ years building enterprise AI and blockchain solutions. He speaks at the World Economic Forum and UN on agentic AI and enterprise digital workers.

Rao holds a PhD in AI from the University of Sydney and leads PwC's global artificial intelligence practice, advising C-suites on strategy, responsible AI, and advanced analytics across financial services, healthcare, and defense. He received the Most Influential Paper Award for the Decade from the Autonomous Agents & Multi-Agent Systems organization.

Carlsson holds a PhD in Business Economics from Harvard Business School and is a VP Analyst at Gartner covering AI strategy, governance, MLOps, and GenAI, previously having served as Head of AI Strategy at Domino Data Lab and Principal Analyst at Forrester. He is widely cited for his analysis of why 90% of GenAI projects fail to deliver ROI.

O'Neil holds a PhD in mathematics from Harvard, spent years on Wall Street and in data science startups before founding ORCAA in 2017 to audit algorithms for racial, gender, and economic bias. Her New York Times bestseller Weapons of Math Destruction won the MAA's Euler Book Prize and set the standard vocabulary for algorithmic accountability.

Vashishta founded V Squared in 2012 as one of the first pure-play data and AI consulting firms, delivering over $4 billion in measurable value for clients including Airbus, Siemens, Walmart, and JPMorgan Chase. He is the bestselling author of From Data to Profit, a Gartner Ambassador, and LinkedIn Top Voice.

Bradford is SHRM's AI+HI Executive-in-Residence shaping global frameworks for human-AI collaboration, drawing on prior senior roles at Epic Games, Activision-Blizzard, and Disney. She co-founded Niremia Collective (a human potential tech VC) and TransformativeTech.org, holds an MBA from Wharton, and was a Stanford lecturer.

Grennan is Chief AI Architect at NYU Stern and CEO of AI Mindset, which trains Fortune 500 organizations including McKinsey, NASA, JPMorgan, and Google on a behavior-first GenAI adoption framework. A NYT and #1 international bestselling author, he was named a Top Trusted Voice in AI by Edelman.

Kass built OpenAI's sales, solutions, and partnerships teams as Head of Go-to-Market and now advises Fortune 1000 boardrooms including Coca-Cola, Morgan Stanley, and Amgen on AI deployment strategy. He is the author of The Next Renaissance (HBR Press, 2026) and is considered one of the foremost thinkers in Applied AI.

With 25+ years as an enterprise architect and digital strategist, Hinchcliffe advises Fortune 500 and Global 2000 CIOs on AI strategy, agentic AI workflows, and platform consolidation, and is ranked among the world's top global influencers of Chief Information Officers. He is an Executive Fellow at SDA Bocconi Center for Digital Strategies.

Ng co-founded Coursera and Google Brain, served as Chief Scientist at Baidu, and now runs Landing AI (computer vision for manufacturing) and AI Fund (a venture studio building AI-native companies). His DeepLearning.AI platform has trained millions of enterprise practitioners and he is the most widely followed AI educator in the world.

Fei-Fei Li co-created ImageNet, which catalyzed the deep learning revolution, and co-founded Stanford's Human-Centered AI Institute to ensure AI benefits humanity. TIME Person of the Year 2025, former Google Cloud Chief Scientist, and a U.S. Senate testifier, she advises policymakers nationally and at the UN.

Webb developed the field of quantitative strategic foresight and leads FTSG in advising a significant portion of the Fortune 100 on AI scenarios and technology roadmaps. Her bestselling books The Big Nine and The Genesis Machine are read in boardrooms worldwide and are translated into 23 languages.

An IBM Master Inventor who co-founded the UN's AI for Good Initiative and now leads ACSI Labs, Sahota has spent 20+ years applying AI across healthcare, legal, retail, telecom, and government for Global Fortune 500 clients. He is Faculty at UC Irvine, author of Own the A.I. Revolution, and an advisory board member for multiple AI ventures.

West is the Brookings Institution's leading expert on AI governance and the future of work, and holds the Douglas Dillon Chair in Governance Studies. He co-authored Turning Point: Policymaking in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and has won the American Political Science Association's Don K. Price Award for best book on technology.

Quindazzi leads a $1 billion multi-sector digital alliances practice at PwC with 30 years of management consulting experience in AI, robotics, AR, fintech, and digital transformation. Recognized by Onalytica as a global top-10 influencer in AI and digital transformation, he serves on the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation.

Mason founded Fast Forward Labs, the pioneering applied ML research firm acquired by Cloudera in 2017, after serving as Chief Scientist at bitly. Now building generative AI narrative games at Hidden Door, she is a Forbes 40 Under 40 honoree, co-founder of hackNY, and a recognized builder-practitioner in applied AI.

Walsh is CEO of Tomorrow, an innovation research lab and global consultancy on AI-era leadership, and a strategic advisor to Fortune 50 corporations including Verizon and Raytheon. A regular Harvard Business Review columnist and author of The Algorithmic Leader, he has given 1,000+ talks to enterprise and government audiences worldwide.

NYU professor emeritus, co-founder of Geometric Intelligence (acquired by Uber) and Robust.AI, Marcus is AI's most prominent critical voice on the limits of large language models and the risks of premature enterprise deployment. A TED speaker, bestselling author, and frequent Congressional witness, he is essential context for enterprise AI governance conversations.

Gebru co-led Google's Ethical AI team before founding the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) to conduct community-rooted AI research, particularly studying AI's impact on marginalized groups. A Stanford-trained computer scientist, co-founder of Black in AI, and 2019 VentureBeat AI for Good winner, she sets the bar for enterprise AI bias auditing.

Schick coined the term 'Generative AI' in her 2020 book Deepfakes, advises NATO, the UN, the US Army, and Mastercard at the intersection of AI, sovereignty, and enterprise strategy, and holds active advisory stakes in Synthesia, Qlik, and Truepic. Named among the world's top 20 AI speakers alongside Sam Altman and Demis Hassabis.

Marr is an internationally bestselling author of 19 books on AI and data strategy, including AI Strategy and Generative AI in Practice, and a strategic advisor to Amazon, Google, Microsoft, IBM, and Toyota. LinkedIn ranks him among the top 5 business influencers globally and he contributes regularly to Forbes and the World Economic Forum.

Waber holds a PhD from MIT Media Lab in Human Dynamics and co-founded Humanyze (formerly Sociometric Solutions) to apply AI and sensor data to improve workplace collaboration and productivity for enterprise clients. A former Harvard Business School senior researcher, he is the author of People Analytics and a recognized pioneer in behavioral workplace science.

Ross spent 27 years at MIT's Center for Information Systems Research studying enterprise architecture and AI implementation strategy, directing the center from 2008–2016. Her MIT Press book Designed for Digital (2019) was named a Forbes top technology book and her HBR piece 'The Fundamental Flaw in AI Implementation' is widely cited by enterprise architects.

Harvard Business School PhD and VP Analyst at Gartner, Carlsson advises enterprise leaders on AI strategy, governance, GenAI scaling, and organizational design, having previously led AI strategy at Domino Data Lab and been a Principal Analyst at Forrester. He is widely cited for data-driven analysis of enterprise AI failure rates.

Gupta leads FTI Consulting's Digital & AI Transformation practice with 20+ years helping Fortune 200 companies and PE firms build AI-driven products, services, and business models. He is recognized as one of The Consulting Report's Top 25 AI Consultants and Leaders of 2025.

Dalal brings 20+ years translating data and AI strategies into measurable business outcomes for Fortune 500s and high-growth startups across retail, financial services, and healthcare at Publicis Sapient. He is named among The Consulting Report's Top 25 AI Consultants and Leaders for 2025.

Richter is the host of Relentless Health Value, the most listened-to healthcare business podcast in America, and Co-President of Aventria Health Group, advising employers, payers, and healthcare innovators on AI-enabled care transformation. Her work on AI-driven benefit design and pharmaceutical access is widely cited across the employer health space.

Crawford co-founded the AI Now Institute at NYU and authored Atlas of AI, the definitive investigation of AI's material costs and power structures, advised the UN, White House, and European Parliament. A principal researcher at Microsoft, she is the field's leading critic of unchecked enterprise AI expansion.

With 30+ years in telecom and IT, Kirstel is one of the leading B2B content creators and enterprise AI evangelists covering UCaaS, 5G, CCaaS, and AI transformation, and hosts the What's Up with Tech? podcast. He advises technology vendors and enterprises on go-to-market AI strategy and digital transformation communications.

An IBM Master Inventor who co-founded the UN's AI for Good Initiative and leads ACSI Labs, Sahota has 20+ years applying AI in healthcare, legal, and government for Global Fortune 500 clients. He is UC Irvine Faculty, author of Own the A.I. Revolution, and advises the Tech Coast Angels and multiple VC funds.

Grennan is Chief AI Architect at NYU Stern and runs AI Mindset, training Fortune 500s including JPMorgan, Google, and McKinsey on a behavior-change framework for GenAI. A NYT bestselling author, Edelman Top Trusted Voice in AI, and SHRM Foundation board member, he is one of the most sought-after enterprise ChatGPT trainers.

Former CTO and CIO in media and financial services, Sacolick founded StarCIO to guide SMBs and enterprises through agile-based AI and data transformation, publishing 900+ practitioner articles and two Amazon bestselling books. He speaks at 50+ events yearly on DevOps, data governance, and AI strategy.

Loukides has shaped the AI and data science publishing canon at O'Reilly for decades and is the co-author of Ethics and Data Science (O'Reilly, 2018), which remains a key enterprise AI governance reference. As VP Content Strategy, he influences which AI frameworks and best practices reach millions of enterprise practitioners worldwide.

Bradford leads SHRM's global AI+HI initiative, shaping how HR and business leaders approach human-centered AI adoption and workforce transformation. With a Wharton MBA, Stanford lecturer credentials, and prior executive roles at Epic Games and Activision-Blizzard, she bridges enterprise tech leadership and people strategy.

As OpenAI's former Head of GTM, Kass built the sales and partnerships infrastructure that brought ChatGPT Enterprise to the world's largest companies, and now advises Fortune 1000 boards at Coca-Cola, Morgan Stanley, and Amgen. His forthcoming book The Next Renaissance (HBR Press, 2026) defines the leadership agenda for the AI era.