Sol Rashidi keynote speaker

As the world’s 1st Chief AI Officer for enterprise (2016), Sol has 10 patents and is the best-selling author of ‘Your AI Survival Guide’ (‘Top 50 AI’ books). A 3x TEDx speaker with 1M+ views, and voted FORBES “AI Maverick & Visionary of the 21st Century,” and FORBES “Top 5 Leaders Taking AI to Everyone”, Sol is a former 4x C-Suite exec for Fortune 100 companies and a former Amazon tech exec. Sol is the inventor of The Human Amplification Index™ (a new way to measure ROI for AI and Automation to determine how well companies are  strengthening their business and workforce through AI) and Intellectual Atrophy™ education to ensure we outsource tasks and not critical thinking in the age of AI. Sol played a pivotal role in developing and launching IBM’s Watson in 2011 and now has over 200+ deployments under her belt.

As both a practitioner and an executive, she has earned accolades like “50 Most Powerful Women in Tech,” “Top 100 AI Thought Leaders,” and “Top 100 Data & Analytics Leaders.”  Sol sits in the intersection of top-tier leadership in AI, technology, and corporate strategy while bridging innovation with business impact.  She serves as public educator and thought leader, shaping conversations about AI, business transformation, and preparation of the future workforce. Her mission  is to ensure AI and Automation amplify the workforce and does not displace it.