Creative innovator, Futurist, technology investor, entertainer, and Founder and CEO, FYI.AI. Professor of Practice, Arizona State University - Agentic AI topics; UN Goodwill Ambassador, AI Skills Coalition, UN ITU; University of Southern California Iovine and Young Academy, Member, Board of Councillors; Advisor to Smithsonian Science Education Center AdHoc Committee on Technology; Honorary Fellow, Institutions of Engineering and Technology.

Recipient: James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award (2023), TIME 100 IMPACT Award (2022), nine Grammy Awards; Emmy Award; CLIO Award; World Economic Forum Crystal Award (2016).

As an advocate for STEAM education, started i.am Angel Foundation, which uses project-based learning modules to deliver STEAM education to at-risk youth via dedicated STEM Academy preparatory schools, after-school tutoring and enrichment activities within the US. Students participate in project-based learning modules for robotics, coding, app development, and geographic information system mapping. The i.am Angel Foundation teams with the Los Angeles Unified School District, America's second-largest state-run public school system to offer hundreds of robotics clubs as an official after-school activity serving 15,000+students.

Personal interests: developing AI-centric electric vehicles; promoting benefits of a plant-based (Vegan) diet.