Bio

Experienced product leader focused on applying innovations in information retrieval, natural language processing, deep learning and recommendation systems to enabling amazing search and discovery experiences. Currently leading Product for Search and AI at AlphaSense where we are building the portal to all business knowledge. Proven, customer-focused leader with more than 10 years experience designing and delivering high value products and services. I was among the first technical architects tasked with building a platform and partner ecosystem to commercialize IBM's Watson. As a product manager with Watson, I oversaw the development of Watson Dedicated, a hybrid cloud, machine learning platform aimed at large financial services and government sector clients. At IBM, I worked with dozens of Watson Ecosystem partners designing, implementing and productizing machine learning solutions including commercial products from Spark Cognition, Pathway Genomics and Adobe. Prior to coming to Watson, I led North American delivery for Glasshouse Technologies partnerships. https://medium.com/machine-learning-with-ibm-watson https://www.ibm.com/blogs/watson/2016/03/guide-cognitive-computing-interview-solution-architect-chris-ackerson/ https://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/wild-ducks-podcast/cognitoys/transcript/wild-ducks-cognitive-computing-podcast-transcript.pdf https://www.ibm.com/blogs/watson/2016/01/build-and-deploy-get-your-app-ready-for-success/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEUxo21aS6o&feature=youtu.be