автор: Weiye Ma

Ahmed Bouzid is Founder and CEO of Witlingo, a Mc Lean, Virginia, based startup that builds products and solutions to help brands establish and grow their Voice and Social Audio presence.   Prior to Witlingo, Dr. Bouzid was Head of Alexa’s Smart Home Product at Amazon and VP of Product and Innovation at Genesys. Dr. Bouzid is an Ambassador at the Open Voice Network and heads their Social Audio Community.  Dr. Bouzid holds 12 patents in the Speech Recognition and Natural Language Processing field, and was recognized as a “Speech Luminary” by Speech Technology Magazine. Paolo Narciso is head of Product and Program Development at AARP Foundation, a Washington, DC based national non-profit.  In his role, he develops and deploys solutions that build financial stability and social connections.  He holds a Doctorate in Education from Creighton University and sits on multiple technology boards, advising on the use of blockchain in healthcare and to secure property rights for marginalized populations.  Weiye Ma: Dr. Weiye Ma obtained her Ph D in Speech Processing and Recognition from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) in 1999, and has been practicing professionally in the Speech Recognition field since 1994.  She has held several technical leadership roles in Unisys, Schneider Electric, Convergys, and is now Lead Speech Scientist at the MITRE Corporation, in charge of building Speech systems for the Federal Aviation Agency.