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Leadership Team

Visionary leaders driving AI innovation and strategic excellence

Dr. Brian Scott Glassman

VP AI Product & Strategy

• Generated over $1.2 Billion product revenues across multiple global industries.

• 25 years of experience driving technology and product innovation.

• Led large international engineering teams with three engineering degrees.

• AI expert building AI products since 2019, driving cutting-edge solutions.

• Extensive experience presenting and selling strategy and operations initiatives to C-Suite executives.

• PhD in Product Innovation and graduate of Purdue, Duke, UCF, FIT.

• Holder of 2 patents showcasing original solutions and breakthroughs.

AI Strategy Product Innovation Strategy Engineering Software Development

David Rivkin Ph.D.

Chief Technology Officer

• 12 years of managerial and hands-on experience in AI/ML & GenAI architecture, governance, and enterprise implementation

• Tech visionary with 30 years spanning embedded systems, applications, and cloud computing.

• Educated at the University of California, with his PhD, IEEE Senior Member and former EMBS Distinguished Lecturer, MIET, and advisor to multiple governments and universities.

• Proven C-Level leader in Agile, DevOps, and digital transformation.

• Cross-industry expertise across finance, energy, transport, healthcare, and high technology sectors.

AI, AI Governance AI/ML Software Development Cloud Technology Strategy

Gerhard Van Wyk

VP AI Operational Strategy & Product Transformation

• 20+ years of contract consulting for large international brands.

• Deep expertise in AI use-case discovery, business case creation, and stakeholder alignment for enterprise initiatives, from idea, to proof-of-concept, to scaled delivery.

• Specialised in AI-driven ecommerce and payments: checkout optimisation, retail POS integration, payment processing platforms, fraud and risk considerations, and customer re-engagement journeys.

• Expert communicator and C-Level leadership interactions.

• Cross-industry experience spanning ecommerce, retail, SaaS, financial payments and medtech.

AI Strategy Business Case Development Use Case Analysis Stakeholder Alignment Product Requirements

Akshay Kalia

VP AI Partnerships

• Built AI partnership ecosystem enabling rapid transition from strategy and architecture design to hands-on development and deployment through vetted technical partners.

• Manages partner relationships and coordinates cross-organizational workflows, ensuring seamless collaboration between AInspires strategic guidance and partner implementation teams.

• Specialized in bridging physical operations with digital ecosystems, orchestrating alliances for accelerating time to market.

• Holds an MBA (UT Austin), MS in Data Science (UT Austin), and MS in Mechanical Engineering (Purdue).

• Holder of 9 patents.

AI Partnerships Strategic Alliances Partner Management Cross-organizational Collaboration Partnership Ecosystem Development Technical Partner Coordination

Sheng Yun

VP AI Training and Fine Tuning

• 8 Years of hands-on experience delivering AI solutions since 2018, with 5 years specializing in model training and fine-tuning.

• Expert in Large Language Model applications, Federated Learning, and Reinforcement Learning for enterprise AI systems.

• PhD candidate at York University specializing in AI, ML, and data science with a Master of Data Science from Fordham University, NY, USA.

• Full-stack engineer capable of owning end-to-end delivery—backend, frontend, and AI integration, expertise in Python, R, C++, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Huggingface, and cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud).

LLM Fine-Tuning Federated Learning Reinforcement Learning AutoML Deep Learning Model Optimization