Kevin Surace​

Kevin Surace is an internationally recognized AI pioneer and human effectiveness authority helping leaders and organizations thrive while AI reshapes how we work, lead, create, and live. Widely recognized as the father of the virtual assistant, Kevin helped pioneer technologies that paved the way for Siri, Alexa, and today's conversational AI. He holds 95 worldwide patents covering AI, automation, smartphones, cybersecurity, software quality, energy, and sustainability. Kevin was named INC Magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year, a CNBC Top Innovator of the Decade, and a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer, and he has been inducted into RIT's Innovation Hall of Fame. His work now addresses one of the defining questions of the AI era: How do people remain creative, adaptable, energized, and effective while everything around them changes? Kevin is the author of The Joy-Success Cycle, a practical framework for creating sustainable energy, resilience, achievement, and momentum. In his high-energy keynotes, he combines real AI expertise, practical tools, humor, and decades of leadership experience to help audiences understand not only what AI is changing, but what those changes require from us as human beings.