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Dr. Mike Horton
Guiding leaders with the timeless lessons of the past to meet the challenges of the AI revolution.
Storyteller
“There is a pragmatic reason why I focus on stories rather than technical checklists, manuals, and jargon.
In all the professional roles I’ve held, I’ve learned one lesson above all others. Only storytelling can cut through the noise of hyped tech babble to communicate a vision and inspire change.
A well-told story can stir the hearts and minds of leaders and decision-makers, helping them understand, embrace, and support change in a way no slick technical pitch deck or briefing ever could.”
-Hype Immunity
Serving in roles as Chief AI Officer and as a tech leader focused on AI, machine learning, and data analytics.
Much of that time spent leading machine learning, data structure, and analytics initiatives at Fortune 500 companies through the Third Industrial Revolution (computers and internet).
Teaching AI, machine learning, data analytics, and advanced statistics at the bachelors and masters level.
Author, Hype Immunity
Deployed AI, but still waiting for the promised payoff and scale? The solution isn’t more software. It’s leadership. This book uses 250 years of technological history to build your North Star and Compass. Offering eleven historical lessons and six critical AI rules to transform AI-hype into actual business success.
Executive Board Member and
Chair of the Tech Forum
Executive Board Member at the Africa Economic Forum. Destined to become Africa’s Davos, and the premier platform convening leaders, governments, investors, and thinkers to shape Africa’s role in the new global order. Chair of the Tech Forum, reshaping Africa’s economic destiny, by promoting digital sovereignty and local capacity building for long-term growth.
Director, Center for
Applied AI Maturity
Director of the proposed consortium of global universities supporting the open-source Global AI Maturity Model (GAIMM) that shares validated lessons learned and best practices for governments and businesses to establish sovereign, scalable, responsible, ethical, and moral human-centered AI infrastructure and ecosystems.
Doctorate in Business Administration
Drexel University
MS, Business Intelligence and Analytics
St. Joseph's University
BS, Computer Science
US Military Academy at West Point
CAIO of the Year Finalist
The AI Summit Flywheel Award for the CAIO of the Year honors a visionary chief AI officer who empowers their agency through transformative AI strategies, driving operational efficiency, responsible integration and real impact across government.
FedScoop 50
The Federal Leadership Award recognizes established C-Suite technology executives who are responsible for delivering new programs, strategies and technologies to deliver better outcomes for American citizens and help lower the cost of government while making it more innovative and agile.
AI Honors Awards
Honoring the 30 women and men working across government and industry to bring AI to bear in shaping the onging revolution in government IT service.
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