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Chetan Dube has served as the President and CEO of Amelia, an IPsoft Company, since its inception in 1998. During his tenure, he has led the company to create a radical shift in the way IT is managed. Dube is a mathematician and prior to joining Amelia, he served as an Assistant Professor at New York University.

Chetan Dube is a widely recognized speaker on autonomics, cognitive computing and the future impact of a digital workforce. He serves on the board of numerous IT-related institutions. In 2017, he was listed as one of the Nine Greatest AI minds in the world to keep an eye on by Forbes. He is also a distinguished member of the Forbes Technology Council.

He was born 1966 in Bhagalpur, India, and raised in Paris and London. Dube earned a degree in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi and then came to the U.S. to pursue a doctorate in theoretical computer science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University (NYU).

While at NYU, he began exploring the Artificial Intelligence principles and philosophies that form the basis of the Amelia platform. Dube was fascinated by the Turing enigma, which examines whether machines can think. As opposed to narrow AI (where non-sentient programs are focused on narrow tasks), Dube’s research has focused on deep AI. He pioneered the use of AI-enabled digital labor across industries. He’s been awarded several U.S. patents for developing cognitive models, and EY recognized him as "Entrepreneur of the Year" for leading research in AI emulating human thinking and approaching the Turing horizon.

Dube envisions a world where humans and machines work closely together to build a radically more efficient planet.

Visit Chetan's Microsite: www.chetandube.ai

Jonathan Crane has been a communications industry leader for more than 35 years. Jonathan has held numerous executive positions in corporations such as ROLM, Savvis, Lightstream, Marcam Solutions and MCI. He was one of the key architects of the early success of MCI, and was brought back to lead the troubled WorldCom out of bankruptcy. As the Chief Strategy Officer, he orchestrated the acquisitions of key strategic assets. Most recently, Jonathan was the Chairman of the Board and President of Savvis.

Yves was previously Chief Strategy Officer at Ooredoo Group, an international telecom operator, where he oversaw the formulation and execution of corporate strategy, investment and digital transformation. Prior to this, he worked at EITC/du in Dubai where he led the growth strategy and led M&A and investments in Smart City, digital infrastructure and digital entertainment services. Yves also served as Chief Marketing Officer at telecom operators and as strategy consultant at consulting firms such as Capgemini Invent and Accenture. He received his Master of Engineering from the Polytechnique Institute de Paris at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA).

Ergun joined Amelia in 2001 and currently serves as Vice President, Emerging Technologies. His duties include architecting business solutions leveraging autonomic arbitrage. Ergun has successfully partnered with global financial institutions to provide bespoke solutions to improve efficiency and cost effectiveness. At Amelia, Ergun has led global application management services along with development services. Before joining Amelia, Ergun worked as a Java Architect in the Financial District.

Peter Goedegebuure leads Amelia’s sales and marketing efforts in Canada; he also is responsible for the staff and operations of our Toronto office.

Peter has over 20 years of experience helping enterprises of all sizes leverage the disruptive power of emerging technology to drive their business forward.  Peter has worked with Amelia since 2017, beginning as an Account Director working with Canada’s largest telco and insurance customers before assuming leadership of the team.

Prior to Amelia, Peter’s range of experiences include evangelizing bleeding-edge SDN/NFV network technologies to Canada’s telecom sector, and reducing technology operating costs with outsourced IT and data center services for retail and manufacturing leaders.  Peter has worked with leading tech companies such as Brocade Communications, Salesforce, Q9 Networks, and IBM.

Peter is passionate about advancing business applications of AI in Canada, developing Canadian AI talent, and mentoring young people beginning a career in sales and marketing.  His background in music, languages, and the arts provides a unique perspective on how technology impacts humans in our work and society.

A trained surgeon, software architect, and business analyst, Dr. Grasso is actively engaged in shifting the delivery of healthcare from a centralized to a decentralized (distributed and mobile) environment through the optimization and integration of a unified communication platform. He aims to, among other things, enhance the patient experience, mitigate clinical risk, improve clinical outcomes and provide healthcare systems with a competitive advantage via augmented revenue streams. In addition to leading Amelia’s Healthcare & Life Sciences division, Dr. Grasso has held leadership positions within the public and private sector domestically and internationally. He received his MBA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, MSIS from New Jersey Institute of Technology, DO from Des Moines University, surgical residency from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Manhattan Program, advanced minimally invasive surgery fellowship from the Department of Surgery at Yale University, and advanced medical informatics related research and development at Yale NASA CSCMITA.

Visit Dr. Grasso's Microsite: https://amelia.com/healthcare/grasso/

Before joining Amelia as Chief Marketing Officer, Nick was Vice President of Brand, Demand and Digital Marketing at DXC Technology (a $23B global IT Services leader formed in 2017 after a merger of CSC and HPE Enterprise Services). In addition to DXC, Nick’s 20-plus years of marketing experience in the technology industry includes a variety of leadership roles with HP (previously Compaq Corp.) and Avaya. Nick was named to the list of "Top 25 Digital Marketers" by BtoB Magazine and his marketing teams have won multiple awards and distinctions by Sirius Decisions, ITSMA and other marketing analyst firms. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and an MBA and lives in Northern Virginia.

With a degree in computer engineering, Manuel has solid experience in international sales and in managing both local and remote teams. Manuel previously served as Sales Director for Alteryx and Regional Sales Director for Micro Focus. He also took on various roles at Sun Microsystems and worked at both HP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, where he has held various positions with international responsibility.

Andrew has 25 years in the IT industry (13 with IBM and five with CSC prior to joining Amelia), with extensive experience in AI executive management, software and IT services. He also has worked with major leaders across key industries inclusive of insurance, banking, telecommunications, media, utilities, retail and government.