Craig has achieved success in CXO and leadership positions with diverse companies across the technology domain. He’s led P&L operations, new product development, strategic corporate initiatives (partnerships, M&A, investment), business development, marketing and finance for start-ups and high-tech companies around the world, raising more than US$1.6B in private equity (VC) investment for 30+ successful companies.

Dr. Yves Lostanlen is a hands-on entrepreneur with 25+ years of experience and has led multi-site global teams with a motivational coaching leadership style, delivering transformative Enterprise Software platforms and services. Known for his thirst to learn & versatility to jump quickly into a new environment, Yves' technical leadership & interests focus on Digital Business Transformations and Digital Twins considering sustainability and climate change leveraging technologies mentioned above.

Dorian is actively focused on the advancement of AI ethics for humanitarian endeavors. He honed his business and technology acumen via leadership roles at DC Studios, Minority Media, and BioWare/EA, where he co-founded and developed the company’s Montreal studio into a thriving enterprise. His passion for strategic team building and collaborative innovation has yielded multiple Game of the Year awards.

Matt is a tenured associate professor in computer science at the University of Alberta, a Fellow-in-Residence at the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, and remains an adjunct professor at Washington State University. He has been a PI or co-PI on over $6M USD in competitively awarded research funding from federal, state, and industrial sources, including the National Science Foundation CAREER award. He has (co-)supervised 7 graduated PhD students and 5 MS students, as well as published over 120 peer-reviewed papers in conferences and journals. His current fundamental and applied research interests are in reinforcement learning, human-in-the-loop AI, multi-agent systems, and robotics.

Clodéric has been building and deploying AI technology since 2006, closing the technology divide between machine learning and simulation while applying deep tech methodologies to solve complex engineering challenges and operationalize advanced AI for commercial usage. From his start as a developer to becoming a CTO, his skills have been primarily focused on AI and ML algorithms, applied data science, distributed cloud architecture, API design, product management, and team building. He is a recognized public speaker and organizer at AI industry events.

Berson brings a wealth of experience from his leadership of companies like BitTorrent, where he served most recently as CEO, and earlier as COO and head of product. Prior to BitTorrent, Berson served as product lead at Check Point Software and Zone Labs where he managed consumer products with tens of millions of users, and has also worked at NASA.

In his previous role as founding researcher and principal at 99andBeyond, Sai led a team of 11 researchers across 8 institutions and developed the world's first RL-based synthesizable drug discovery platform. His work is widely published at top AI conferences like ICML, AAAI, and NeurIPS (Oral at DRL workshop). While he was an MSc (research) student in AI at the REAL Lab at Mila (Quebec AI institute), Université de Montréal, he developed deep active localization that was published in the top robotics journal, RA-L.

Pierre assisted the company’s founders with establishing the financial operations for AI Redefined and has been instrumental in the development of the company’s business plan since its inception. He has accumulated 25 years of experience in Director of Finance and CFO positions, with a range of expertise including the implementation of accounting and reporting structures to prepare emerging companies for growth and governance, as well as securing funding from financial institutions and Series A/B investors.

Marie’s a versatile, entrepreneurial, and authentic leader, with more than 15 years of experience overseeing projects and operations, including ten spent growing teams and driving efforts in technology companies. She has a proven track record of delivering value in uncharted contexts, from start-ups to large corporations, and thrives in dynamic, collaborative settings, where striking a balance between vision and day-to-day execution is key.

Annik is a neuroscientist and artificial intelligence researcher, interested in the ways in which technology can be shaped by our understanding of the natural world. She completed an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the University of Toronto, where she developed models of learning and memory systems at multiple levels. Her previous work focused on improving the efficiency of RL algorithms by leveraging our understanding of the brain.

Brian's academic background was in biomedical engineering, and then he later spent 10 years working at CAE Healthcare as the lead developer of physiological simulations used in the training of medical personnel. This work involved development of the C++ engine itself, as well as the creation of complex scenarios used across a wide range of medical disciplines.

Laila is a self-driven and motivated Data Scientist with extraordinary achievements in building products from simple ideas to revenue generators. A dedicated professional with more than 10 years of experience in innovative technologies, digital transformation, product management, and innovative digital products. Laila specializes in developing critical data & digital solutions and driving product vision by using data analytics and cutting-edge technology to help customers improve their ROI and revenue.

After finishing a bachelor’s in actuarial mathematics, William designed and built scalable recommendation strategies and evaluation pipelines.

Josh completed his Master's in AI at Université de Montréal. He has developed a computer vision training workflow to improve traffic management in cities. He also developed a simulated environment and trained a model using RL to improve HVAC control. Josh is passionate about bringing AI solutions to industrial partners.

Ha holds a Ph.D. degree in civil engineering, focused on sequential decision-making processes, time-series forecasting, and anomaly detection. Ha is passionate about the data-driven decision-making process and parallel computing. For the past six years, he has focused on developing probabilistic approaches at scale for the decision making under the uncertainty, and its applications for the autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles and civil infrastructure.

Omar is a highly experienced full-stack developer with a heavy focus on Frontend, and holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from Montreal University. His core experience lies with React, Typescript, Javascript, Angular, Azure and many more. Omar enjoys participating in UX discussions and has an understanding of microservice architectures as they have recently moved over from a monolithic structure.

Grégory had 17 years of experience in video games journalism and co-founded the 3rd biggest French online publication on the topic, before transitioning to design at Ubisoft Montreal in 2013. He amassed a wealth of technology, production, and business knowledge. At AI Redefined, Grégory is applying his design, entrepreneurship, and community experience, with a keen interest in storytelling mechanics, AI (ML & RL), procedural systems, and human-machine interfaces where he’s invested his design expertise.

Julien is an experienced engineer, with a background in development, data engineering, and most recently DevOps. Prior to joining AIR, he spent the last 4 years within the Ops and tooling team at Mnubo working on Kubernetes clusters. Julien is passionate about “positive ethics”, and has a strong desire to make a positive impact on people or the globe in some way. Aside from being DevOps focused, he is also keen on software dev work.

Sara’s role at AIR focuses on growth, product marketing, partnerships, and areas related to sustainability and circular economies. Sara joined AIR with over a decade of experience in academic and industry settings. After graduating from Yale University, she worked for six years in management consulting for investment banks in New York and London, advising some of the world’s leading financial brands. She then decided to pursue her passion for literature by completing an M.A. and Ph.D. in English at Cornell University, where she won prizes for her research and teaching. Sara is fascinated by the mutually influential relationship between science and style, making her role at AIR a natural fit.

Vahid is a computational scientist experienced in developing scalable physical simulation environments. He combines machine learning with numerical techniques to improve simulation accuracy and computational efficiency. Vahid loves being part of a team that has a mission to positively impact the community by empowering humans with AI assistance.