REGGIE TOWNSEND
MARINELA PROFI
LUIS FLYNN
AI ETHICS & REGULATION
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REGGIE TOWNSEND
TITLE: VICE PRESIDENT, DATA ETHICS PRACTICE
COMPANY: SAS INDUSTRY: ANALYTICS SOFTWARE
Reggie leads SAS’ s Data Ethics Practice, guiding responsible innovation through human-centred AI deployment. He serves on the US National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee and EqualAI board, bringing over 20 years of experience in strategic planning and AI implementation.
“The organisations that thrive will be those that recognise governance isn’ t a restraint on innovation, it’ s a necessary companion”
Reggie Townsend, Vice President, Data Ethics Practice, SAS
MARINELA PROFI
TITLE: GLOBAL AGENTIC AI STRATEGY LEAD
COMPANY: SAS INDUSTRY: ANALYTICS SOFTWARE
Marinela leads global AI and generative AI strategy at SAS, bridging data science and business initiatives. She holds degrees in statistics and AI, plus an MBA, and serves on Wake Technical Community College’ s Computer Programming and Data Science Advisory Board.
LUIS FLYNN
TITLE: MARKET STRATEGIST FOR APPLIED AI, OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE & MODELOPS
COMPANY: SAS INDUSTRY: ANALYTICS SOFTWARE
Luis leads market strategy for applied AI at SAS, focusing on helping organisations adopt AI responsibly. Previously, he designed and delivered distributed systems for special operations teams in high-pressure environments including Afghanistan, Iraq and North Africa.