Sol Rashidi is the world's first chief AI officer appointed back in 2016. As a Sr. Fellow at Harvard with nine patents, a best-selling author, and a former Amazon executive and C-Suite executive for several Fortune 100s, Sol was named FORBES “AI Maverick & Visionary of the 21st Century” in 2023, and FORBES "Top 5 People Taking AI To Market" in 2025. Sol has also earned accolades like Top "100 AI Thought Leaders," "Top 50 Women in Tech," and LinkedIn’s 2025 AI Influencer and 2026 Top AI Voice. Sol started her AI career in 2011 when she helped IBM launch Watson. Sol now focuses her time on research, strategy, and talent planning for organizations recreating their workforce to align with their AI investments. 

She educates on 1) Workforce preparation in the age of AI and what human intelligence looks like in the future 2) How to approach AI Security and Data Governance within AI ecosystems with her role at Cyera. 

What sets Sol apart is she is an operator, educator, executive, and a parent teaching her kids how to lead alongside AI. Her work and mission are a result of her 200+ deployments, real-world experience, and the countless change management programs she’s led. Additionally, Sol is the inventor and founder of The Human Amplification Index, a platform that measures the ROI of both your business and your workforce as a result of your AI Investments.