Top 50 Thought Leaders to Influence Your Mind

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Abhishek Das

Senior Data Scientist at Aptus Data Labs

Abhishek Das is a Senior Data Scientist at Aptus Data Labs who gained expertise and experience in various facets of Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning across Industry verticals.
He has technical expertise in Data Science, Data Quality, Data Visualizations, SQL, SAS, R, and Python. Prior to joining Aptus Data Labs, he has worked with HSBC and a few start-ups on various data analytics business use cases.
He is passionate about teaching and mentoring Data Science enthusiasts and trained 1500+ experienced professionals/students and assisted them to successfully switch to the Data Science industry.

Afke Schouten

AI Strategist, Analytics Translator & Corporate Trainer at AI Bridge

Afke Schouten is Director of Studies for AI Management and AI Operations at HWZ University of Applied Sciences in Zurich. She also founded ai bridge a corporate training and consulting company focusing on helping organizations generating value with AI. Afke has hands-on data science experience and built an analytics team from scratch. Her background gives her the unique position of understanding both sides, and knowing how to build an AI Bridge.

Akshay Toshniwal

Technical Lead at Mindtree Ltd.

Akshay has been working in the technology industry for more than 5+ years and specifically in the artificial intelligence & analytics domain. Currently, he is working as a Technical Lead at Mindtree Ltd., as an AI Creator at Topcoder, and also as an Associate Editor at the AI Time Journal. Besides this, he is also associated with a few international AI communities that emphasize on ethical & sustainable AI development.

Aniruddha Kalbande

Founder & CEO at Fireblaze AI School

Mr. Aniruddha Kalbande is a professional trainer with more than 10,000 hours of industry experience in training students, company professionals and college faculties. He has a strong background in research with multiple research publications in data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence domain. He has played a key role in building products and delivering services to clients in the same spaces with Fireblaze Technologies Private Limited.

Arsh Goyal

Senior Software Engineer at Samsung India

Arsh is a software engineer, content creator and an educator. Loves to teach prgramming concepts to students. Have built a great community of students. He has previously worked at organizations like ISRO, CodeChef and is currently working at Samsung. He has a great social media presence on Linkedin, Youtube and Instagram.

Athanasios Salamanis

Senior Lead Software Engineer at CERTH

Mr. Athanasios Salamanis is a senior lead software engineer and senior research scientist at the Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH) in Thessaloniki, Greece. Mr. Salamanis has more than 8 years of experience in the fields of software engineering, big data analytics and AI. In addition, for more than 4 years now, Mr. Salamanis has been guiding junior engineers and scientists through challenging engineering and research projects.

Ashish Kumar

Vice President – Data Science at Salesken
Official Member of Forbes Technology Council

Ashish heads the data science practices at Salesken.ai. He has over a decade of experience, and extensive know-how in conceptualising and delivering innovation while building high-performance R&D teams. Prior to Salesken, He led the AI R&D initiatives at Reliance jio digital services, Active.ai, IGP.com and attune consulting etc. A Published author, inventor of multiple patents & recipient of 40under40 data scientist award 2021, Next100 CIO 2021 etc

Ashish Patel

Data Science Manager at Cygnet Infotech

I have over 8.5+ years, Author, Data Scientist and Researcher with 5+ Years of Experience of Data Science technology and Research experience in wide functions including predictive modelling, data preprocessing, feature engineering, machine learning and deep learning. Currently, I work as Data Scientist at Cygnet Infotech Pvt Ltd. Improving products and services for our customers by using advanced analytics, standing up big-data analytical tools, creating and maintaining models, and onboarding compelling new data sets.

Azeez Olawale-Arish Yusuff

Consultant at Learnlight

An award-wining, digital transformation leader with around 20 years experience as a tech & Sales expert, a lecturer and a trainer delivering programs and assignments for Fortune 500 and higher education institutions, expertise and 5 Master degree (Distinction Grades) specializations in Advance Artificial Intelligence and Automation, Data Science, Hyperconnectivity (IoT,Cybersecurity & Product Management, E-commerce, Sustainability and Global Business.

Christian Simonis

Senior Product Owner at Bosch

Christian studied engineering with a focus on automotive mechatronics. He is currently managing AIoT services in the field of Electromobility and Digital Twins.

Christian won the Bosch Inventor Award 2020 for the invention and development of a machine learning system that performs cloud-based battery analytics services.

Cory Warfield

Chief Connection Officer at Coryconnects
Advisor at Aviato

Career waiter turned tech visionary and entrepreneur. MD/EIR @ Founder Institute. Partner @ inf4mation, snifty.io, Influencer Active. Growth Hacker @ LinkedIn, sought-after targeted Viral Social Media Growth Coach. Web3, defi, metaverse, blockchain consultant for scale-ups.

David B Horne

CFO at DentinalTubules

David B Horne is Founder of Funding Focus, whose mission is to level the uneven playing field female and underrepresented entrepreneurs face when raising capital. He is Founder of Add Then Multiply, a consultancy working with founders who want to grow fast. He wrote an award-winning book, Add Then Multiply – How small businesses can think like big businesses and achieve exponential growth.

Deepak Garg

Director leadingindia.ai, Dean, School of Comp Sc and Engg, Bennett University.

He leads India’s largest skilling and research initiative in AI with 700 institutional collaborators. Chief consultant for algorithmguru. in. Ph.D. in efficient algorithms. Chair IEEE Computer Society, India (2013-15). Handled funding of INR 700 million. 120+ publications with 1500+ citations and Google h-index 18. 300+ invited talks and conducted 100+ Workshops, 15+ Conferences across the globe.
Blogger in Times of India called “Breaking Shackles.”

Deepak John Reji

NLP Data Scientist at ERM

I am an NLP practitioner with experience in developing and designing solutions for data science products. I love working with Environmental & Natural Assets data, and I create videos on prototypes that I experiment with, NLP tutorials, and Podcasts with industry experts in the Sustainability and AI Industry. I am an open-source contributor. Recently I have been researching on the topic “Bias & Fairness in AI Models” and “AI in Environment Due Diligence”

Dipanjan (DJ) Sarkar

Lead Data Scientist at SIT Academy & Author

Dipanjan (DJ) is a data science consultant, published author and a Google Developer Expert in Machine Learning. He is a lead data scientist at Schaffhausen Institute of Technology Academy, Zurich. Dipanjan has led advanced analytics initiatives working with multiple Fortune 500 companies and also works as an independent consultant, mentor and AI advisor in his spare time collaborating with multiple universities, organizations and startups across the globe.

Disha Mukherjee

Data Engineer at bigspark

I am a Data Engineer by profession & a tech-lover by heart. From the very beginning, coding and languages are my favorite stoppage to spend time on & explore new ways to analyze big data. My interest and desire to learn big data brought me to my current position as a Lead Engineer at Bigspark, United Kingdom. My previous experience was with PayU India as senior data engineer and as Senior Software Engineer – Data Analytics

George Firican

Founder of LightsOnData
Director of Data Governance & Business Intelligence at the University of British Columbia

George is a passionate advocate for the importance of data, a frequent event speaker & influencer, being ranked among Top 5 Global Thought Leaders on Big Data & Digital Disruption. His innovative approach to addressing data challenges received global recognition through award-winning program implementations in data governance, data quality, and BI. He creates engaging, practical educational content and he is the founder of LightsOnData and its podcast.

Gift Ojeabulu

Data Scientist at CBB Analytics

Gift is a Sports Data Scientist at CBB Analytics and founder of the Africa Data Community Newsletter. In addition, he is a Community Advocate who is passionate about democratizing data knowledge to everyone and constantly providing guidance to enthusiasts on navigating and transitioning in the data space. Outside coding, he has experience in community management, technical writing, public speaking, social media content, curating tech newsletters & developer education.

Inderpreet Singh Walia

Data Scientist at Omneky

I am a data science professional taking data-driven decisions using Machine Learning and Deep Learning to solve business problems. Proven track record of leading data science efforts in large product areas. My focus is on driving business impact through data, statistics, and algorithms.

Proven track record of leading data science efforts in large product areas. My focus is on driving business impact through data, statistics, and algorithms.

Jair Ribeiro

AI Strategist at Kimberly-Clark
Senior AI Business Expert at Volvo Group
AI Writer at Medium

Jair Ribeiro is an AI Strategist who inspires and supports his company to innovate through the power of AI, with several years of experience in Enterprise Environments. He worked in HPE, IBM, the Volvo Group, and Kimberly-Clark Corp. He is a recognized AI Thought Leader and a public speaker, presenting in several international Conferences and Summits, engaged in popularizing AI from the business perspective.

Jamshaid Sohail

Data Scientist at Livello Technologies

Jamshaid worked in Data Science for over three years. He is currently doing Masters in Data Science at RWTH Aachen University. He had authored over three online courses on different platforms and reviewed over eight books before they got published. He competes on Kaggle regularly and has won 1 solo silver medal.

Jimi Vaubien

Machine Learning Engineer at Visium

I’m a data scientist with a strong interest in artificial intelligence, data visualization, computer graphics, and web technologies. I want to share my knowledge and enthusiasm in these fields while continuously educating myself.

Joshua Temiloluwa

Business Analyst and Technical Lead at DeVtage

Temiloluwa is an Educational Consultant, Electrical Technologist and Human Right Activist. He holds the record as the First Individual to graduate a First Class from Electrical Technology Education, University of Lagos as well as the First UTME student to do so in Technology Education, UNILAG. He is a recipient of several scholarships and awards.

Karthik Padmanabhan

Vice President at 3i Infotech Ltd.

Around 18 years of experience in the Enterprise Transformation Initiatives related to Smart City, Automotive Analytics, and Smart Mobility. He is currently working on Machine Learning and AI Technologies. His objective is to manage a business unit as a Thought Leader and a Transformational Leader in Data Science, solving complex business problems, which will be a game-changer providing a competitive advantage for the firm.

Kennedy Kamande Wangari

Data Scientist at Xetova
Ambassador at DeepLearning.AI

Kennedy Wangari is an award winning Data Scientist and Technical AI Community Lead, actively building highly impactful tech/ developer communities in Africa. He is a key advocate of the UN SDG Goal 4: promoting data science education/ world-class AI education for all in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is actively growing, contributing, and designing training programs to empower, support, and strengthen the professional development of new African AI talent.

Leon Gordon

Director Of Analytics at Onyx Data

Leon Gordon, is a leader in data analytics. A current Microsoft Data Platform MVP based in the UK and founder of Onyx Data. During the last decade, he has developed end-to-end big data reporting and analytical systems and optimized numerous enterprise reporting solutions. Leon also operates as chair for the Microsoft Power BI – UK community group and the DataDNA data visualization challenge.

Louis Bouchard

Head of AI at designstripe
Founder of Learn AI Together Discord Server

Louis Bouchard, also known as What’s AI on YouTube, Medium, or other social networks, focuses on making AI accessible.
He tries to explain artificial intelligence in simple terms and shares the new research state and applications. His goal is to demystify the AI “black box” for everyone and sensitize people about the risks of using it.

Melanie Stütz

Co-founder and CEO (Saas) at IDEASCANNER

As an entrepreneur and pilot, Mel helps entre-, intrapreneurs & leaders avoid bad investments with the digital “pre-flight check” for business ideas, IDEASCANNER. This digital tool analyzes business models 10x faster & shows how they can be sustainably transformed & increase business value. For this, IDEASCANNER democratizes the knowledge of successful venture capitalists (VCs) & the success factors of business models based on artificial intelligence (AI).

Mirza Rahim Baig

Lead Analyts at Zalando

Data science expert – Author – Teacher – Speaker – Mentor

Author of ‘The Deep Learning Workshop’ and ‘Data Science for Marketing Analytics’ Teacher at MS level programs. Subject Matter Expert at ed-tech platforms and institutes in AI, Analytics, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing. Rahim has 12 years of experience the e-commerce and healthcare domains. Proficient in machine learning and applications; solving complex problems through data.

Mohammed Ayman

Algorithm Software Engineer at Valeo

Mohamed Ayman is working as an Algorithm Software Engineer and Deep Learning Researcher at Valeo, in addition, He is a Research and Teaching Assistant in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The American University in Cairo, and Deep Learning Mentor at DeepLearning.AI.

Nirmal Gaud

Assistant Professor at Samrat Ashok Technological Institute

Expertise: Machine Learning

Nirmal is working as an assistant professor in Computer Science and engineering at Samrat Ashok technological institute, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India. His strongest muscle is Machine Learning. He loves connecting with people interested in Python Programming, Machine Learning, and Data Science.

Nitin Aggarwal

Head of Cloud AI Industry Solutions Services at Google

Nitin is a seasoned Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) professional and currently leading team responsible for AI solutions/products development for Google’s strategic enterprise customers. He also advises on building enterprise level AI strategy. Analytics India Magazine awarded him as ’40 under 40 Data Scientists’ in 2021. He also co-authored 2 advanced ML courses on Coursera for Google Cloud.

Nonyelim Okolie

Strategic Board Member at IPBIM

Nonyelim is on a mission to bring happiness to the world. She is building a global solution for mental healthcare. She believes everyone should have access to personalized, affordable, and on-demand mental healthcare, leveraging AI and ML to analyze and recommend behavioral health solutions and therapy for individuals and organizations to enable their workforce to stay productive.

Oksana Prokhorova

Head of Manufacturing at Sunflower Labs

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, PMP and Head of Manufacturing at Sunflower Labs, creator of first autonomous security drone in a box. Have 20 years of experience in process improvement, production engineering, quality and customer service in automotive, energy and consumer electronics. Passionate about innovation and making lives better

Olalekan Akinsande

Data Scientist at MasterCard Foundation

A data and analytics expert with extensive experience using Data Science and Artificial Intelligence to solve complex business and social problems. Lekan has extensive experience delivering high-impact value in Youth Employment, Education, Financial Inclusion, Energy, Agriculture, Healthcare, Retail, Global Development, and Governance.

Olamide Jolaoso

Head of Data Analytics at Wema Bank

Olamide Jolaoso is the Head of Data & Analytics at Wema Bank Plc. He leads the data function at the bank including data management, governance, and engineering. Olamide is a strong communicator & translator and leverages on his banking experience to connect business objectives to possible Artificial Intelligence solutions. He holds an Engineering degree from the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife and an MBA from the Lagos State University.

Pascal Bornet

Chief Data Officer at Aera Technology

Official Member at Forbes Technology Council

Global AI Ambassador 2022 at SwissCognitive

Pascal Bornet is a recognized global expert in Artificial Intelligence and Automation. He is a pioneer in the field of Intelligent Automation (IA) and the author of the best-seller book “Intelligent Automation”. He has received multiple awards, and he is regularly ranked as one of the top 10 global experts in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Automation.

Bornet has published articles in Forbes, Bloomberg, McKinsey Quarterly, and The Times. He is a keynote speaker, a lecturer, and a tech influencer with more than 700,000 followers. He is a member of the Forbes Technology Council, and a Board Member or a Senior Advisor for several organizations, startups, and charities.
Bornet is also a senior executive with 20+ years of experience leading digital transformations with renowned firms such as Mckinsey and Ernst & Young (EY). He is currently on the leadership team of Aera Technology, an innovative startup.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Glauner

Full Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Deggendorf Institute of Technology

Patrick Glauner became a full professor at age 30. He has been ranked by CDO Magazine among the worldwide academic data leaders. As an expert witness, he advised the German federal parliament and the French National Assembly on AI. He studied at Imperial College London. He was previously the Innovation Manager for Artificial Intelligence at Krones Group and a Fellow at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).

Piyush Pathak

Data Science Consultant at Accenture AI

Career Coach at Board Infinity

Piyush is Full Stack AI professional and Career Coach offering 5 years of experience in Analytics. Worked in pivotal roles that required simplifying business functions, skilling-reskilling, sales-forecasting and competitive analysis of Business. Skilled with ability to interact with personnel from different backgrounds and supported organizations in drafting and allocating resources necessary to attain their long and short terms goals.

Pooja Jain

Data Engineer at Quantiphi

Pooja is a storyteller and data enthusiast with 4+ years in banking, healthcare, and sales. She is currently working as a Data Engineer at Quantiphi, pursuing an M.Tech specializing in Data Science and Engineering from BITS Pilani. In pursuit of diverse technology expertise, she has a zeal to explore new data engineering techniques to build data pipeline architecture. In addition, she is curious about data science and loves to leverage various AI/ML and cloud techniques to gather insights.

Pouyan R. Fard

Lead AI Consultant at Fard Consulting

Pouyan R. Fard is the Lead AI Consultant at Fard Consulting. Pouyan has years of experience advising companies, from startups to global corporations, on data science, artificial intelligence, and marketing analytics. He has collaborated with Fortune 500 companies in pharma & life science, energy & mobility, chemical, transportation, automotive, aviation, finance, insurance, human resources, and sales & marketing industries.

Ravit Jain

Head Community Evangelist at AtScale
Founder and Host of The Ravit Show

Ravit Jain has over 8 years of extensive experience in the field of marketing and community building. He is one of the most renowned leaders in the Data/AI community and often helps Data Science/AI enthusiasts with the right resources, and learning paths for their careers. With catering to more than 100+ top-notch Data Science/AI companies via The Ravit Show, he has made a significant mark and has some credible knowledge to share with the community.

Reza Moussavi

Director General of AICenter

Reza is a software engineer with more than 20 years of experience in project management and team leadership while working on several national and international software projects. Reza was an elected director of the Free Society Conference and Nordic Summit (FSCONS), business mentor for one of the world’s leading tech accelerators: Founder Institute, as well as an industrial mentor, thesis supervisor, and teacher assistant at the University of Gothenburg.

Risab Biswas

Technical Lead in Data Science and AI at P360

Risab leads the Artificial Intelligence Group at P360 and has been an Intel Software Innovator since 2018. In addition, he is an independent researcher doing research in AI with papers published in IEEE and Springer. He was also a part of the team that built the project “Reinforcement Learning to Design Simulated Models,” which made its presence at ACM SIGGRAPH 2018.

Dr. Sailesh Conjeti

Functional Lead – Data Science at Siemens Healthineers

Sailesh Conjeti is leading the data science team in Siemens Healthineers with a focus on radiology AI. He did his Ph.D. in Informatics from TU Munich followed by a Post-Doc at DZNE, Bonn. His research interests include deep learning, medical imaging, computational pathology, natural language processing, clinical validation of AI applications . He has over 50 publications and has filed over 10 patents in the area of AI/ML, NLP and Medical Imaging.

Sandro Saitta

Chief Industry Advisor at Swiss Data Science Center

Sandro Saitta is passionate about helping companies to become more data-driven. He has worked in various industries to foster usage of data. He is currently Chief Industry Advisor and leading the Industry Unit at the Swiss Data Science Center. Sandro is a lecturer at HEC Lausanne and Business School Lausanne. He co-founded the Swiss Association for Analytics to promote Data Science in Switzerland.

Shadab Hussain

Co-Founder of Quantum Computing India
Developer Advocate at LSEG

Shadab is working as a Developer Advocate at the London Stock Exchange Group & Co-Founded Quantum Computing India, and formerly worked as a Data Scientist for startups and MNCs. He has around 4.5 years of experience in ML, Analytics, and building end-to-end ML pipelines on the cloud using the AGILE framework. He is an experienced Quantum Computing professional focusing on Quantum Machine Learning and its applications in Finance and Healthcare.

Sharon Juwah

Associate at Punuka Attorneys & Solicitors

Sharon is a tech enthusiast with ample experience in commercial transaction, automation, and forensics and has worked with notable firms such as KPMG Nigeria and Ajoo.NG.
She is currently pursuing an MBA with specialization in Artificial Intelligence and Automation with Nexford University.
Sharon is passionate about ensuring that every child is afforded the opportunity of a decent education and has partnered with various organizations to achieve this objective. In 2019, she was a beneficiary of the AYEEN Awards as the Co-founder of the Djeca Foundation (a philanthropic outfit fixated on promoting education in Nigeria).

Sreemanta Kesh

Data Scientist at Deloitte India

Mr. Kesh is a data professional having 7 years of Industry experience. He builds predictive models that enable data-driven business decisions to be taken. Sharing a huge passion for building and producing data pipelines in the cloud system, Mr. Kesh is currently working on the Healthcare domain Machine Learning Operation Infrastructure (MLOPs) platform which is used by data scientists, researchers & analysts.

Srinjoy Ganguly

Quantum AI Research Scientist at Fractal

Srinjoy Ganguly is a Quantum AI Research Scientist at Fractal Analytics and a visiting professor of quantum computing at Woxsen University. He has over 4+ years of experience in quantum computing, an IBM Qiskit Advocate & Educator. He has written a book on quantum computing with Silq programming, delivered several talks at various universities/institutes, mentored professionals & published online courses on Udemy related to quantum computing and QNLP.

Susan Walsh

Founder of The Classification Guru

With a decade of experience fixing your dirty data, Susan Walsh is the Classification Guru. Susan is Founder and Managing Director of The Classification Guru Ltd, a specialist data classification, taxonomy customisation and data cleansing consultancy. She is an industry thought leader, TEDx speaker, DataIQ100 2022, and author of ‘Between the Spreadsheets: Classifying and Fixing Dirty Data’. She’s also the creator of the COAT philosophy.ence.

Usha Rengaraju

Chief Research Officer at Exa Protocol

Usha is world’s first women triple Kaggle Grandmaster and she is ranked as top ten Data Scientists in India for the year 2020 by Analytics India Magazine, ranked as top ten women data scientists by Analytics Insight magazine for 2021 and also ranked as top 150 AI Leaders and Influencers by 3AI magazine. She organized NeuroAI which is India’s first-ever research symposium in the interface of Neuroscience and Data Science.

Vetrivel - Panneerselvam

Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Accenture

He is a Machine Learning Engineer and an Award Winning Blogger in Artificial Intelligence. Kaggle Expert with passion for competing in hackathons, writing technical notebooks and blogs. He enjoys sharing his knowledge to help beginners and Data Science Enthusiasts to make a successful transition into the ever interesting field of Data Science and Machine Learning. Follow his website TheHackWeekly.com for interesting Tech blogs!