Pilar Manchón, PhD, is a renowned expert in Artificial Intelligence (AI) with over 22 years of experience in the field. She has worked in executive roles for 15 years, mainly in AI and cognitive science. Dr. Manchón is a strong advocate of lean and product-oriented development, inter-team coordination, and value-driven organizations. Her technical expertise includes Natural Language Understanding, Multimodal Dialogue Management, Speech Recognition and Synthesis, Machine Translation, and Language Technologies. She is particularly interested in Intelligent Conversational Agents, Cognitive Science, User Experience, Human-Computer Interaction, as well as Artificial Intelligence, Ambient Computing, Cognitive Computing, and Robotics.

Dr. Manchón has studied in renowned institutions globally, including Singularity University, MIT Sloan School of Management, Stanford University, The University of Edinburgh, Universidad de Sevilla, and Hogeschool Gent. She has held several executive positions throughout her career, including Senior Director of Research Strategy at GoogleAI, Board Member at The California-Spain Chamber of Commerce, and Board Member of the National AI Strategy Council at Gobierno de España.

Her other roles include former VP of Engineering, Conversational AI at Roku Inc., former Director of Cognitive Interfaces at Amazon, former GM & Sr. Director of Intelligent Digital Assistance & Voice at Client Computing Group, Intel Corporation, former Director of Operations & Technical Business Development at Client Computing Group, Intel Corporation, former Director of Language Technologies & Innovation at Client Computing Group, Intel Corporation, and former CEO, Founder, and Chair of the Board at Intelligent Dialogue Systems.

Dr. Manchón is a prolific member of various organizations, including Latinas in Tech and Universidad Internacional de Andalucía. She is also a former Strategic Advisor at Skylake Capital and W Startup C and an Investor at Smart IoT Labs. Additionally, Dr. Manchón has been a Guest Lecturer and Artificial Intelligence Faculty at Singularity University and a Research Fellow at SRI International and Stanford University.

Dr. Manchón is an inspiring leader who advocates for change and innovation, aiming to develop smart, ubiquitous, and multimodal conversational AI that will improve the lives of billions of people across the world. She is a believer in the power of an inspiring mission, and she firmly upholds the idea that hard-working, diverse teams with an eye for the meaning and integrity of what they do are the key success factors.