Mehmet Tuzel is a Global Solution Lead at Slalom specializing in AI-Enabled Organizations. With over 20 years of experience in both corporate and consulting roles, Tuzel focuses on leveraging AI and machine learning to enhance decision-making, optimize workforce, and create stakeholder value. He has led various projects in AI solutions, workforce strategy, operating model design, and business transformation in various industries.

With over 15 years of experience in product management, Ram has been leading and scaling AI initiatives for RingCentral's Unified Communication & Contact Center Communication product portfolio as the Vice President of Product Management since April 2023. He delivers innovative and customer-centric solutions that enhance user experience, improve business outcomes, and drive competitive advantage.

Ram has a strong background in conversational AI, product strategy, GTM, customer acquisition, and business growth, and a proven track record of launching successful SaaS products for enterprises. Previously, he led the product team at Observe.AI, where he augmented real-time AI capabilities that helped the company grow its ARR in 2022-23. Before that, Ram was the Senior Director of Product Management at Five9. He launched and grew Agent Assist, the company's first real-time AI SaaS product, achieving triple-digit (%) revenue growth and building a multi-million dollar ARR business in two years.

He holds a Post Graduate Program in AI from the University of Texas at Austin, an Executive Education in Innovative Technology Leadership from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and multiple mobile and AI technologies patents. Passionate about creating products that solve real-world problems, delight customers, and make a positive impact on society, Ram is always eager to learn new skills, explore new domains, and collaborate with talented and diverse teams.

As a Business Strategy and Innovation Consultant at vGeneration, Antonio is known for his outside-the-box thinking and innovation, particularly through the cross-pollination of ideas across various industries. His role within a leading D2C organization involves staying up-to-date with the latest advancements in new technologies, such as AI, marketing automation, blockchain, crypto assets, and web3. With a career spanning 25 years across education, professional sports, legal services, and consumer products, Antonio has demonstrated excellence in guiding his organization to proactively pursue new opportunities and stay ahead of the curve.

Antonio possesses a unique blend of legal and business expertise, supported by an MBA from Boston University and a JD from the University of Camerino in Italy. This educational background enables him to deliver rigorous strategic analysis, creative problem-solving, and a consistent track record of achieving results and fostering high-performing teams in dynamic environments.

He is also the author of "Hi, AI! How Human Ingenuity and Artificial Intelligence are Transforming the Marketing Universe," a book that exemplifies his commitment to innovative thought leadership. In this book, he explores the symbiotic relationship between human creativity and AI in revolutionizing the field of marketing, bridging groundbreaking ideas with practical business applications.

In addition to his role at vGeneration, Antonio serves as an Adjunct Faculty Instructor at UCLA Extension, where he teaches courses on sports management and shares his passion for emerging technologies and their disruptive potential. His extensive experience includes serving as a former Assistant Dean and CXO at UC Riverside Extension, where he was responsible for overseeing new program development, technologies, and communications. He has also founded and led multiple ventures, including a new concept store and a consulting firm, demonstrating his entrepreneurial spirit.

A skilled Sales, Go-To-Market, Strategic Alliances, and Business Development leader, Brad is focused on helping CHROs drive better business outcomes by connecting their talent strategy to the CEO's business strategy, and helping them achieve optimal results from their investments in data-driven solutions using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies.

Faez is a senior education services leader with over 20 years experience in education management. Faez is currently VP of Training & Enablement at Kinaxis. Kinaxis® believes human-centered AI, expertly combined with the power of concurrency  , can drive the most intelligent supply chains on the planet. Our approach is to embed AI across the end-to-end supply chain, expertly fusing the best techniques to reimagine what is possible in supply chains.  

Advanced supply chain software companies, like Kinaxis, have introduced techniques, including AI, on several fronts, including both demand and supply, to take the guess work out of forecasting and drive out costs. It doesn’t take long to realize real tangible benefits. 

Dirk has 20+ years of experience in the higher education industry. He worked for one of the most progressive, global top-tier higher education institutions, IE Business School, and the largest online education provider in the Spanish-speaking world, Proeduca Group.

Dirk acquired his wealth of knowledge in Admissions by innovating and leading the Admissions Department. He developed and executed the market development strategy for Asia for a European institution.

During his 15 years living and working in Asia, he localized student recruitment strategies and build both academic and non-academic partnerships across the region. Understanding educational institutions as community builders, he developed a regional ecosystem with alumni, universities, and institutions to foster sustainable growth.

He has been a regular panelist in education conferences, most recently participating in the QS HigherEd  Summit for China and Asia in 2022. Dirk empowered and coached team members and peers on Student Recruitment Strategies, Analytics, and Admissions.

Dirk holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with a double major in Finance and HR from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. He pursued an MBA and an Advanced Management Program at IE Business School, Spain. Most recently, Dirk completed a micro-MBA in EdTech and Higher Education Leadership from ConnectED, Australia.
Dirk is passionate about the education industry and considers himself a life-long learner. He continuously explores how to improve technology-supported processes and investigates how learning agility can impact student recruitment processes.

Dirk is the strategic advisor for the EdTech start-up speechsquare.

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Sallustio about how credentials and AI is going to impact the higher education landscape.

In today's ever-evolving & competitive higher education enrollment & marketing consulting landscape, this diversity of experience is necessary to successfully lead a university into the future. With nearly two decades of experience in higher education operations, Joe has led teams in marketing, enrollment, finance, financial aid, student services, student affairs, human resources, accreditation/Title IV compliance, business-to-businesses relationships, & product strategy for on-ground & online universities.

Specifically, his extensive experience in scaling online marketing & enrollment activities have driven the success of many of the institutions he has served. Joe received his Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership from Northcentral University. He also holds an M.S. in Organizational Leadership (Strategic Human Resources Management) from Regis University & a B.S. in Speech Communications from the State University of New York College at Oneonta

In this episode, we speak with Biju about how Ai is going to reshape business and the role of science and data. Biju is the Chief Evangelist of Fractal and Chairman of FinalMile Consulting. At Fractal, he is playing the new game that is emerging at the intersection of human and machine intelligence. He is driven by the belief that the more we understand the inscrutable algorithm in our brains, the better will be the technology we develop for our machines.

In the first 18 years of his career, while working with various advertising agencies, he had a traditional approach to dealing with human behavior. His dissatisfaction with this traditional paradigm led him to co-found FinalMile Consulting in 2007. Combining learning from Neuroscience, Behavioral Economics, and Design pioneered the practice of Behavior Architecture. He is a BTech in Mechanical Engineering from the College of Engineering, Trivandrum, and an MBA in Marketing and Human Resources Development from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.