Amir Feizpour is the founder, CEO, and Chief Scientist at Aggregate Intellect building a generative business brain for service and science based companies. Amir has built and grown a global community of 5000+ AI practitioners and researchers gathered around topics in AI research, engineering, product development, and responsibility. Prior to this, Amir was an NLP Product Lead at Royal Bank of Canada. Amir held a research position at University of Oxford conducting experiments on quantum computing resulting in high profile publications and patents. Amir holds a PhD in Physics from University of Toronto. Amir also serves the AI ecosystem as an advisor at MaRS Discovery District, works with several startups as fractional chief AI officer, and engages with a wide range of community audiences (business executives to hands-on developers) through training and educational programs. Amir leads Aggregate Intellect’s R&D via several academic collaborations.

Sahand Sojoodi is VP of Engineering at 8090, where he leads the development of enterprise software and AI initiatives. A software builder, engineering leader, and former founder, he has spent over two decades helping organizations design and scale complex technology systems across financial services, manufacturing, and enterprise software. Sahand writes and speaks about AI strategy, product engineering, organizational design, and the practical realities of moving AI from prototype to production.