Kathleen Walch is a serial entrepreneur, savvy marketer, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) expert, and tech in-dustry connector. She is a principal analyst, managing partner and founder of Cognilytica, an AI-focused research, advisory and edu-cation firm. She is also co-host of the popular “AI Today” podcast, and regularly interviews thought leaders in the AI and ML space. She is also a contributing writer to both Forbes and TechTarget where she writes about AI, ML, big data and data science.