Singularity Experts
Trusted subject matter experts (SMEs) aligned with our key taxonomy areas. These distinguished professionals are available through our open enrollment program and our Speaker Bureau, offering organizations and event planners the opportunity to engage a Singularity Expert for speaking engagements, conferences, or specialized events.
You'll notice some of our Experts include the title of Fellow. Singularity Fellows are distinguished collaborators within the Singularity Expert community, recognized for their exceptional contributions to their respective areas of expertise. They play a vital role in advancing thought leadership, fostering community engagement, and expanding the network of experts, while also participating in speaking engagements and pro bono initiatives that further Singularity's mission.
Senior advisor to Boards on business model transformation & platform strategy. 30+ years in innovation. WEF member, co-founder of Platform Economy Summit, and author of FIGHTBACK & New Growth Playbook.
Serial entrepreneur & change agent. Founder of INS (boutique HR & career management) & Co-Founder of Bill Fairies. Expert in workforce transformation, organisational development & human-centred solutions that empower people and strengthen communities.
Founder & CEO of Nirvanic AI, Suzanne Gildert pioneers AI, robotics & quantum computing. Co-founded Sanctuary AI & Kindred AI. Ph.D. physicist, digital artist, and quantum computing trailblazer.
Tiago Mattos is considered the most prominent futurist in Brazil. As an entrepreneur, he founded sixteen companies. As a speaker, he has delivered presentations on five continents and was also invited to share his ideas at the UN in Geneva. His current company, Aerolito, has created an ecosystem of online platforms to help leaders adopt a futurist repertoire, build a futurist culture within their organizations, and set a futurist strategy for their roadmaps. This journey has led Aerolito to be recognized as one of the first companies in the world to be considered a legitimate futurestech.
Global leader bridging science & business for 20+ years. Tim drives transformative tech, future-ready leaders & innovation ecosystems through exponential thinking and strategic partnerships across corporate, academic & government sectors.
Founder & Joint MD of Maximus, Vanessa Gavan is an entrepreneur, psychologist & advisor empowering senior leaders to drive transformative change. Championing purpose-led leadership to build high-impact organisations across Australia.
Co-founder of FutureWork Studio, Vincent blends military leadership, McKinsey consulting & executive strategy to transform how organisations collaborate, solve problems & unlock team potential for lasting impact.
Innovation for social good and the use of technology to help humanity are Vivian Lan’s biggest drives, who in addition to studying graphic design at CDMX, majoring in fine arts in New York and being a Montessori teacher, has always been involved in projects of social impact. As a social entrepreneur and consultant with experience in leadership, innovation and design, Vivian believes in tackling global grand challenges through creativity and collaboration; working together to change the world. After several years of working with marginalized communities in Mexico, Israel and Kenya, in 2011 she launched a cost-free social media campaign to help the hunger in Africa caused by the drought, in which she raised $ 100,000 USD in 10 days, brought together 57 international volunteers and delivered 40 tons of food and medical care to 20,000 affected people.
Globally recognized economist & futurist, ex-World Bank Lead Economist. Creator of population.io, endorsed by Bill Gates. CEO of World Data Lab, driving data-driven solutions to global economic challenges.
UX & food designer, co-founder of The SIX consultancy. Leads research & prototyping using Design Sprint methodologies. Advocates for future food systems; work showcased at Asian Art Museum & CA Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Yvonne Darlene Cagle is an astronaut for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and consulting professor for Stanford University’s department of cardiovascular medicine and its department of electrical engineering.
Guest Speakers
Guest contributors are industry professionals and thought leaders not formally affiliated with Singularity. While they may be invited to share valuable insights in specific programs, they are not part of Singularity's official Speaker Bureau and cannot be booked through our channels for external engagements.
Kieran N. Blanks (pronounced Ky-ren) is an ecosystem architect and innovation strategist specializing in the design of human-centered systems for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. As CEO of The Blankslate Group and Head of Product & New Ventures at Opportunity Hub (OHUB), he works at the intersection of technology, talent, and institutional design—helping organizations translate emerging technologies into durable economic and societal value.
Reynolds has spent much of her career in two different worlds that both center their business around foresight. Whether working with scientists at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory or strategists at BMW Designworks, she has used design to create new pathways and find untapped opportunities in new and non-traditional places.
Founder of SINAI Technologies, Maria Fujihara drives global decarbonization with 15+ years in climate tech. Bridging business strategy & environmental science to advance net-zero emissions at scale.
Martine Rothblatt is an American lawyer, author, and entrepreneur. She is the founder and former CEO of SiriusXM Satellite Radio and the current chairman and CEO of United Therapeutics, a biotechnology company she founded to save the life of one of her daughters.
Michael Saylor is an American entrepreneur and business executive who co-founded MicroStrategy, a company providing business intelligence, mobile software, and cloud-based services. Saylor is known for his strong advocacy of Bitcoin, having transformed his firm's cash reserves into a substantial Bitcoin portfolio starting in 2020
Visionary entrepreneur & futurist, Mic Mann is CEO of UBU (Africa's first metaverse) & Co-CEO of SingularityU SA. Expert in AI, Web3, XR & exponential tech, he champions Africa's digital future.
Mustafa Suleyman is a British entrepreneur and activist from London. He co-founded DeepMind Technologies, an artificial intelligence company bought by Google in 2014. Suleyman has led DeepMind's applied AI division, which uses AI to solve real-world problems, including energy use reduction and medical research.
Pioneering technologist & virtual world innovator, Philip Rosedale founded Linden Lab & created Second Life. Now back as CTO, he brings decades of expertise in immersive tech to drive the platform's next chapter.
Raj Gokal is Co-founder of Solana, a highly functional open source project that banks on blockchain technology’s permissionless nature to provide decentralized finance (DeFi) solutions.
Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, a research organization that aims to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. Previously, he was the president of Y Combinator, a startup accelerator known for its part in the rise of companies like Dropbox, Airbnb, and Stripe.
Actuary & social entrepreneur Dr. Taddy Blecher co-founded MII—named by Stanford as a top-12 global innovator—empowering 25,480+ South Africans via free education, generating $5B+ in career earnings. Skoll Award winner & WEF Young Global Leader.
Tony Robbins is an American author, coach, speaker, and philanthropist, known for his self-help books including "Unlimited Power" and "Awaken the Giant Within." As a life and business strategist, Robbins advises and counsels Fortune 500 executives, athletes, and world leaders.
Tristan Harris is a former Google design ethicist and a co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology. His work focuses on the ethical and humane use of technology in society. Harris has been a vocal critic of the ways social media manipulates users by exploiting their attention, dubbing himself the "closest thing Silicon Valley has to a conscience."
Vinod Khosla is an Indian American billionaire engineer, businessman, and venture capitalist. He is the founder of Khosla Ventures and co-founder of Sun Microsystems. Khosla is known for his wide range of investments in various sectors, particularly in clean technology and biomedicine.
Theoretical neuroscientist & entrepreneur Dr. Vivienne Ming cofounded Socos Labs to unlock human potential through AI. Her work spans cognitive neuroprosthetics to social impact, making her a leading voice on AI, inclusion, and gender equity.
Ying grew up in Las Vegas and discovered her love for plants when she moved from the desert to California. She earned her Ph.D. at Stanford, studying the genomics and physiology of salt and heavy metal tolerant extremophytes. As a postdoc at the Salk Institute, she identified genes related to altering root morphology to engineer bigger, deeper roots that capture carbon for the Harnessing Plants Initiative. She has traveled all around the world observing how plants adapt to extreme environments, and loves weird and wacky plants! Ying is passionate about harnessing the power of Rare Flora to pave the way for a climate-resilient future, where plants, people, and our planet thrive together. Phytomining, an eco-friendly approach, has tremendous potential to revolutionize our impact on the environment.
Zack Abbott, PhD, is cofounder & CEO of ZBiotics, creator of the world's first genetically engineered probiotics. From Pre-Alcohol to Sugar-to-Fiber, he's making cutting-edge biotech accessible for everyday wellness.