Asha Saxena is a strategic and innovative leader with a track record of building successful technology companies over the past 30 years.
She is the author of the bestselling book “The AI Factor – How to Apply Artificial Intelligence and Use Big Data to Grow Your Business Exponentially” and the Founder and CEO of Women Leaders in Data and AI, a global leadership organization brining world leaders together to create a fair digital world with parity and equity.
Asha is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, teaching graduate classes on Entrepreneurship and served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Columbia Business School. She also served as a partner at CEO Coaching International, a management services company focused on building, turning around, and selling successful businesses.
In the past, Asha served as the CEO of a healthcare data analytics company, built an e-commerce platform, and was the President and CEO of Future Technologies. This company provided data analytics solutions to Fortune 1000 companies and was recognized at the World Economic Forum as a “Global Growth Company for 2007”.
Asha earned her BS in Computer Science from Bangalore University in India, an MS in Data Science from Southern Methodist University, and underwent management training at MIT and the London Business School.
Ian Khan, “The Futurist” is a multifaceted leadership expert, storyteller and creative mind. Ian recently founded AIRI™ the AI Readiness Initiative, aimed at helping organizations measure their current state of readiness for a Artificial Intelligence driven world. Ian has also created the Future Readiness Score™, a KPI, to scientifically measure how well an organization is ready to grow through unanticipated change. Ian’s work has been featured on CNN, BBC, Bloomberg, Fast Company.
Ian is an authority on emerging technologies including Web3, Metaverse Security and speaks about Digital Transformation, Algorithms, Robotics, Automation with ChatGPT and GenerativeAI as well as decentralization through Blockchain. As a world class storyteller Ian has also produced several critically acclaimed documentaries available on Prime Video, Emirates Airlines and leading streaming platforms. Ian is deeply vested in technology education, future readiness and advocacy for tech for good and other initiatives.
His latest book “Metaverse for Dummies” is the most comprehensive reference book to help readers of all levels understand the Metaverse. Khan has also produced a series of compelling technology documentaries available on PrimeVideo, Emirates Airlines, Tubi and other platforms. He is also the producer and creator of a new truth-seeking TV series on emerging tech “The Futurist”.
