Anand Tamboli

Most organisations are now deploying AI and IoT faster than they are building the governance, culture and decision rights that decide whether those deployments will work. The technology gap is closing; the leadership-and-ethics gap is widening. Audiences want a speaker who has written the technical manuals and also spent years inside the rooms where large companies argue about whether to proceed.

Anand Tamboli is an Australia-based futurist, Chartered Engineer and author of Build Your Own IoT Platform and Keeping Your AI Under Control whose work helps Fortune 500 leaders deploy AI and IoT with disciplined governance.

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Why organisations work with Anand Tamboli

  • His Apress book Build Your Own IoT Platform is a widely used technical manual for developers building IoT platforms, which anchors him outside the bureau-speaker register and inside the engineering community.
  • His second book Keeping Your AI Under Control applies the same discipline to AI governance, giving senior audiences a specific frame on the control layer that most AI keynotes skip.
  • Chartered Engineer status plus MBA in International Business gives him the combination buyers want: deep technical credibility with business-side vocabulary.
  • He mentors innovators through Venture Cafe Sydney, CSIRO and UNSW, so the current reading on emerging technology is current and specific to what is actually being built, not abstract.
  • Twenty-plus years of Fortune 500 speaking and consulting plus awards from Consensus Group Australia (“Best Author of the Year”) and IoT Hub Australia (“IoT Pioneer” nomination) give the credibility an external anchor.

Biography highlights

  • Founder, Knewron Technologies; Chartered Engineer; MBA in International Business
  • Author of Build Your Own IoT Platform (Apress) and Keeping Your AI Under Control
  • Innovation mentor for Venture Cafe Sydney, CSIRO and UNSW
  • Honorary Treasurer, Computer Society of India; member, Australian Computer Society
  • “Best Author of the Year”, Consensus Group Australia; “IoT Pioneer” nomination, IoT Hub Australia
  • 21-plus years speaking and consulting with Fortune 500 clients

Biography

Most AI and IoT keynotes operate at the level of strategy slides. Anand Tamboli’s work starts at the implementation layer. His Apress title Build Your Own IoT Platform is used by engineering teams to stand up working platforms inside a small number of business days. His second book Keeping Your AI Under Control does the same job for AI governance: it translates the control question into decisions that a senior operator can make, not an ethics committee.

The academic base is Chartered Engineer status and an MBA in International Business, with earlier training in electrical, electronics and power-systems engineering. The commercial base is over two decades of Fortune 500 speaking and consulting through Knewron Technologies. The community base is mentoring through Venture Cafe Sydney, CSIRO and UNSW. Those three combined are unusual in the technology-futurist speaker market.

The recognition sits with the substance. He has been named “Best Author of the Year” by Consensus Group Australia and nominated as an IoT Pioneer by IoT Hub Australia. He serves as Honorary Treasurer of the Computer Society of India and is an active member of the Australian Computer Society. The institutional footprint is inside engineering communities, not inside bureau marketing.

For boards, CIOs, CTOs, innovation leaders and transformation functions at Fortune 500 enterprises, Tamboli offers a register that sits between engineering implementation and executive governance. He works in English across keynote, masterclass, panel and consulting formats.

Key speaking topics

  • AI governance and keeping AI deployments under control
  • IoT platform strategy and implementation
  • Transformative innovation and future-ready organisations
  • Technology ethics and responsible technology
  • Learning to unlearn and leading through disruption
  • Distributed leadership and the future of work

Ideal for

  • Boards, CIOs and CTOs making AI and IoT deployment decisions
  • Innovation, R&D and transformation functions at Fortune 500 enterprises
  • Engineering leadership communities requiring a technical, not commentator-level, speaker
  • Asia-Pacific and Australasian corporate and public-sector audiences

Audience outcomes

  • A working framework for AI governance drawn from Keeping Your AI Under Control
  • An engineering-level view of IoT platform strategy from an Apress-published author
  • Specific examples drawn from 21-plus years of Fortune 500 technology consulting
  • A view of where the emerging-technology agenda sits for boards over the next cycle

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He is a livewire when it comes to owning the stage and delivering a stellar talk. His references and illustrious examples were just exemplary.
Economic Times, India
A speaker to remember, and one to recommend to every company that wishes to push forward and offer a unique experience to their audience.
OTE Academy, Greece
Anand's remarkable virtual keynote was a hands-on, concise, agile, and innovative way of inspiring people to learn!
Rianna Chaita
CEO, Solutions 2Grow
Anand has well designed and engaging presentation style. He had us glued to our screens the entire time.
Zanelle Njapha
TomorrowToday Global
Your masterclass was a great energizer. You definitely put all of us into action. It was a thrilling experience!
Sagar Amlani
Conference Chair, PSS 2021
Your speech was awe-inspiring and innovative. Of course, it will be an honor to hire you as a speaker again.
Sydney Eneremadu
MD, European Chatbot Summit
Post lunch sessions are typically hard but Anand kept it very interesting and interactive. It was packed with value.
Vinay Pushpakaran
CEO, Future Impact Learning
It was more insightful, and I am very much impressed with his ability to cover the complex topics.
Bharath Kumar
Novartis

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