Dr. Ali ArsanjaniDr. Ali Arsanjani is a pre-eminent technical executive who bridges architectural rigor and large-scale organizational strategy with industrial-scale execution. Widely recognized as the "father of SOA", he has led transformational initiatives across mltiple organizations. He currently serves as Director of Applied AI Engineering at Google Cloud, where he leads the GenAI Blackbelts, a center of excellence that bridges research, forward-deployed engineering, and enterprise implementation. In this role, he drives strategic co-engineering programs with Google's most critical customers and partners, accelerating enterprise adoption of generative AI and agentic AI. With executive roots as Head of Machine Learning at AWS and CTO for Analytics at IBM, Dr. Arsanjani has managed global teams of more than 6,000 practitioners. An IBM Master Inventor, his patent portfolio includes foundational contributions to service decomposition and context-aware routing. With executive roots as Head of ML at AWS and CTO for Analytics at IBM, Dr. Arsanjani has managed global teams of over 6,000 practitioners. An IBM Master Inventor, his patent portfolio includes foundational contributions to service decomposition and context-aware routing. Today, he pioneers generative AI and agentic AI, introducing best-practices and protocols (e.g., A2A) to ensure autonomous systems remain transparent, auditable, and grounded in ethical governance. A dedicated educator, he has impacted thousands of students as an Adjunct Professor at Maharishi International University, the University of California, San Diego, and San José State University. His scholarly work, cited more than 4,800 times, spans enterprise architecture, distributed systems, and neuro-machine interaction. Dr. Arsanjani remains a leading force in synthesizing deep technical mastery with the strategic vision required to navigate the Agentic Age. Read More Read Less