Instructor Profile

Daryush Laqab

Daryush Laqab

Chief Product & AI Officer, Fuel Cycle

Daryush Laqab is a seasoned executive in AI and product management, currently serving as Chief Product & AI Officer at Fuel Cycle since June 2026. Previously, he served as Chief AI Officer at Ascendion and as Director of Product Management for AI and Autonomous Vehicle Infrastructure at NVIDIA, where he led initiatives spanning machine learning and autonomous vehicle application development. Prior to that, Daryush held a significant role at JPMorgan Chase & Co. as Managing Director, heading the firm-wide AI/ML ecosystem, OmniAI. His experience also includes positions at Google as Technical and Product Manager, focusing on Cloud AI, Twitter as Staff Technical Program Manager, Microsoft as Senior Lead Program Manager for Azure Machine Learning, and various roles in software development and consulting. Daryush also serves as an Investor at InvestInData. He holds an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and multiple degrees in Computer Science from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.