Advisory & speaking
I help boards and executive teams decide where AI creates value, where it creates risk, and how to govern it, drawing on two decades as an engineer, founder, and researcher.
Focus
Where AI creates value in your business, where it creates risk, and how to govern it, from model selection and data policies to responsible-AI frameworks.
Chairs a pillar of Emory’s Academic AI Taskforce; member of NIST AI Consortium task forces.
How privacy disclosures, data leakage from language models, and fraud exposure affect customers, regulators, and the bottom line.
Research on app privacy labels and LLM information leakage; frequent commentator on scams and cyberattacks.
Platform and digital-marketing strategy grounded in evidence, and how to reskill teams for AI-enabled work.
Published in Management Science, ISR, and POM on social networks, viral content, and sequential advertising.
Experience
Formats
Ongoing counsel to boards, executive teams, and startups on AI and digital strategy.
Hands-on sessions that take leadership teams from AI literacy to a working plan.
Evidence-based talks on AI, digital trust, and the future of work for industry and public forums.
Joint studies that turn your data into rigorous, publishable answers to strategic questions.
Built systems at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Instruments, CH2M Hill (now Jacobs), and Infosys, spanning space robotics, intelligent systems, and large-scale software. IEEE Senior Member.
Speaking
Talks for executive, industry, and public audiences, drawing on 66+ conference presentations worldwide and 73 media interviews and features.
Frameworks for organizational and workforce transformation.
Navigating exponential technologies, S-curve adoption, and platform ecosystems.
AI trust, risk mitigation, and scaling operational analytics.
For advisory and speaking inquiries, message me on LinkedIn. For press, contact Mitch Leff at mitch@leffassociates.com.