Getting Your Data Ready for AI: A Night with Northwestern in San Francisco
📅 Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2025
🕕 Time: 6:00–6:45 PM (Reception) | 6:45–8:00 PM (Panel Discussion)
📍 Location: Northwestern San Francisco, 44 Montgomery Street, 18th Floor, San Francisco
🍽 Food & Drinks Provided
💰 Free Admission
🔹 Join Us for an Exclusive AI Discussion & Networking Event
Artificial intelligence is transforming industries, but the foundation of every successful AI initiative starts with high-quality, AI-ready data. Join Northwestern alumni who are industry leaders for an engaging panel discussion on best practices, challenges, and real-world success stories in preparing data for AI.
🎤 Meet the Panelists
Michelle Bonat
Chief AI Officer, AI Squared
Michelle has a history of transformative leadership roles in AI and technology, including AI CTO at JPMC and Head of AI Innovation at Chase. She built AI into 90+ products for 1.5 billion logins, led global engineering and product initiatives at Oracle across 30 countries, and founded a fintech startup. A holder of multiple AI patents and innovation leader, Michelle also drove product advancements at Ariba (acquired by SAP). She serves on the Kellogg/McCormick MBAi advisory board, speaks on AI, and was named to the AI 150 list.
Tam Le
Founder, Tbrain.AI
Tam brings 15+ years of leading data and analytics teams at Google, Adobe, Asana, and Turing - a data provider for OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. Her company, Tbrain.AI, helps AI systems become smarter by delivering high-quality training and post-training data. From fine-tuning LLMs to evaluating AI agent outputs and training AI on internal workflows, Tbrain.AI enables companies—from startups to enterprises—to accelerate their GenAI adoption with the right data. She is also an industry speaker, startup advisor, and content creator.
Alexander Tsado
Co-Founder, Ahura AI & Alliance4AI
For the past decade, Alex Tsado has championed initiatives making AI cheaper and accessible for innovators worldwide. He deployed the first Nvidia AI GPUs to the largest cloud providers globally, and now focuses on equipping the global workforce to be prepared for the AI era through Ahura AI and Alliance4ai.org. He co-authored the AI Empowered guide for Teachers and Parents, and is working with key African governments to operationalize their AI strategies and establish large-scale AI clusters within Africa.
🎤 Meet the Moderator
Cici Zhao
Solutions Manager, Quantexa
Cici is a seasoned expert in AI-driven business strategy, currently leading Go-To-Market efforts for AI-powered solutions at Quantexa. Prior to this, she led strategy and analytics at Square and consulted for Fortune 500 companies at Visa and EY, optimizing AI, payments, and financial services strategies. She has a deep passion for AI’s evolving role in business and enjoys fostering discussions that bridge the gap between technical advancements and practical applications.
📌 Event Highlights
✔️ Networking Reception – Connect with AI and data professionals over refreshments
✔️ Expert Panel Discussion – Gain insights on preparing data for AI and industry trends
✔️ Q&A Session – Engage directly with industry leaders
🎯 Who Can Attend?
This event is exclusively for Northwestern-affiliated individuals, including students, alumni, and faculty. Each attendee is allowed one guest, subject to approval. While all Northwestern-associated individuals are automatically approved, guest approvals will be granted on a case-by-case basis, particularly for those who can contribute to the Northwestern community—such as VCs, industry experts, or representatives from potential partner institutions.
🎟 Secure Your Spot!
Spots are limited—register now to join this exclusive event.
🏆 Sponsored by: The Garage San Francisco, Northwestern’s hub for entrepreneurship and innovation.
We look forward to seeing you there!