AI for Leaders Certificate Program
Instructors
Meet Your Instructors
Our highly trained AI for Leaders Certificate Program instructors are courageous thinkers and passionate leaders who leverage years of industry expertise and up-to-date knowledge of terminology, tools, and trends to deliver an unparalleled learning experience. Through their rigorous discourse, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and field-shaping contributions, they create practical solutions and pioneering innovations that enrich our world.
Benjamin Blakely, PhD
Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Intelligence Researcher at Argonne National Laboratory
Benjamin Blakely leads Argonne National Laboratory’s Applied Research group in the Strategic Security Sciences division. He has over twenty years of operations, research, and teaching experience in the private, public, and education sectors.
Blakely earned his PhD and BSc degrees from Iowa State...
Michael Colella, MS, MA
Senior Director of Global Data Strategy and Analytics, AXS
Michael Colella is the senior director of Global Data Strategy and Analytics at AXS, where he leads business intelligence, analytics engineering, and web analytics. His past leadership roles include spearheading global analytic innovation at Kraft Heinz and serving as Upshop’s chief data scientist.
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Patrick McQuillan, MBA
Analytics Executive and Strategy Consultant
Patrick McQuillan is passionate about data as a tool for change and decision-making. He has held leadership roles, most recently as the Global Head of Data Governance and Operational Effectiveness at Wayfair. Previously, he led international consulting teams to drive AI strategy and technology...
Guest Speakers
Nick Feamster
Neubauer Professor, Department of Computer Science; CEO, NetMicroscope
Nick Feamster is the Neubauer Professor of Computer Science, founder and co-director of the Internet Equity Initiative, and director of the Network Operations and Internet Security Lab University at the University of Chicago. He is also the CEO and founder of NetMicroscope, a network performance and...
Sanjay Krishnan
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Chicago
Sanjay Krishnan is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science. His research group studies the theory and practice of building decision systems that are robust to corrupted, missing, or otherwise uncertain data. His research brings together ideas from statistics/machine learning and database systems...