I G N I T E

2026

Speaker

Noelle Russell

Leading AI Innovator & Practitioner
Founder & Chief AI Officer at
AI Leadership Institute
Noelle Russell

In a world racing toward artificial intelligence, where opportunities and challenges multiply daily, Noelle Russell believes that you have a unique position of influence.

  • Built more than 100 conversational AI applications
  • Led high-powered, industry dominating teams at Accenture, NPR, Microsoft, IBM, AWS and Amazon Alexa
  • Since 2014 she has influenced close to $1 billion in revenue for Microsoft AI during her tenure there
  • Founder and Chief AI Officer at AI Leadeship Institute

Noelle Russell is a multi-award-winning technologist with an entrepreneurial spirit who specializes in helping companies with Cloud, Data and AI transformation. She has led teams at NPR, Microsoft, IBM, Accenture, AWS and Amazon Alexa, and is a consistent champion for Data and AI literacy.

Exclusively represented by Leading Authorities speakers bureau, Russell is a leading tech and AI practitioner whose expertise and guidance is sought after by the world’s top organizations as they explore the ways they can leverage AI as a competitive advantage and a vehicle for exponential growth. As she leads an immersive deep dive into generative AI and the other emerging technologies that are changing the ways we live, work, and do business, she infuses real-world examples and insights from her own experiences successfully helping clients solve their business challenges through purposeful tech integration

 She empowers groups to embrace what technology can do for their organizations and offers actionable takeaways for how to enhance decision-making around technology. As part of her keynotes, Russell also addresses topics such as creating multi-modal, multi-channel experiences, responsible/ethical AI, and inclusive innovation.

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JANUARY 29, 2026

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