Sol Rashidi is an esteemed executive, leader, and influencer within the AI, Data, and Technology space.  Having helped IBM launch Watson in 2011 as one of the earliest world applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI), holding over 4 C-Suite positions across Fortune 100’s, and with 32+  large scale AI & Data implementations under her belt, she’s been at the forefront of ideation, conceptualization, design and development of Data & AI applications.

Sol has eight (8) patents granted, and has received awards that include: 

   * "Top 100 Thought Leaders in AI"
   * "The Top 75 Innovators”
   * "Top 65 Most Influential Women”
   * "Forbes AI Maverick of the 21st Century"
   * “50 Most Powerful Women in Tech”
   * “Global 100 Power List”
   * "Chief Analytics Officer of the Year"
   * “Chief Data Officer of the Year”
   * "Top 100 Innovators in Data & Analytics” (4x)

Sol is an energetic business executive skilled at coupling her technical acumen with story-telling abilities to articulate business value with startups, scale-ups, business owners, private equity firms, and Fortune 500's  who are leaning into data, AI, and technology as a competitive advantage, while wanting to preserve the legacy in which they were founded upon.  

Sol is now an advisor, speaker & fractional CDO & CAIO helping companies advance their business objectives. Her hallmark is to make the complicated uncomplicated, and helping business leaders realize not everything needs to be cutting edge, sometimes innovation comes from cutting through the noise.