Modernist: Ai Chat & Social w/Matthew Stepka (Founder Machina Ventures)
Join us for our next installation of our Modernist AI chats/discussions with noted experts in the AI field.
Topic: AI evolution (i.e., open/ closed, HW / cloud)
Non-members, please message a Modernist member to have them approve your registration. (Full name required on all orders. Each member may bring up to 3 guests) Capacity is limited.
6p-8p (Private dinner for Modernist Members & AI panelists)
7p Reception
8:30p AI Chat/Panel- AI evolution (i.e., open/ closed, HW / cloud)
9:30p AI Social
Speakers:
Modernist Founding Member: (& speaker at our upcoming Modernist Summit - 30+ Speakers, limited to 100 attendees) https://lu.ma/lbshztnj)
Matthew Stepka: Founder Machina Ventures, AI Lecturer at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Daliana Liu: Founder/Host 'The Data Scientist Show'
Felix Ejeckam: Co-Founder/CEO Akash Systems
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Matthew Stepka:
Founded in 2015, Machina Ventures is an investment firm focused on early stage, artificial intelligence and data science enabled companies.
Matthew was Vice President, Business Operations and Strategy at Google, where he led and incubated strategic initiatives, especially mission-driven projects with high social impact. Over nine years with the company, he led efforts ranging from expanding internet access, developing clean energy, strengthening freedom of expression and democracy, innovating in robotics, establishing novel pricing strategies and extending Google’s footprint in emerging markets, especially Africa.
Prior to joining Google, Matthew was Vice President, Pharmacy for drugstore.com, a leading online health and beauty retailer, and Chief Operating Officer for WorldRes, an online hotel reservations network. He was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company for over 5 years, serving clients in the healthcare, financial services, energy and technology sectors.
Matthew holds a Juris Doctorate from UCLA School of Law, and is a member of the California State Bar. He has Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Engineering and Management from Case Western Reserve University. He is also a Lecturer at UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business.
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Daliana Liu:
Daliana is an ex-Amazon senior data scientist with 270k+ followers on Linkedin. She is the host of the top data science podcast “the data scientist show” talking about data science problem solving and career advice for data scientists. Previously, she spent 7 years at Amazon working on A/B testing and machine learning.
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Felix Ejeckam:
Felix Ejeckam, Ph.D. has spent most of his career as an entrepreneur and electrical engineer. He co-founded
Akash Systems in January 2016 with Ty Mitchell and has since served as CEO.
Prior to founding Akash, Felix invented GaN-on-Diamond technology in 2003 at Group4 Labs, Inc which he then sold to De Beers in 2013. Afterward, Felix began his career as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Felix is a highly esteemed thought leader with over 100 journal/conference papers published in engineering. He also holds over 80 technology patents.
In June 2021, Ejeckam was named a "Technology Pioneer" at the World Economic Forum in Davos. In December 2021, Newsweek named Ejeckam to its list of
"America's 50 Greatest Disruptors: Visionaries and
Innovators Who Are Changing The World".
Felix holds a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, with a Minor in Materials Science from Cornell University.