
AX Educators & Practice Leaders
Leaders who bring real-world experience into learning.

Fida Atallah
Educational Technologist| Mathematics Educator
Professor and academic quality assurance professional with over 25 years of experience across higher education teaching, assessment, and program delivery.
Combines strong disciplinary expertise in mathematics and computing with leadership in academic quality assurance, curriculum oversight, and faculty support within international university environments.

Vaseem Baig
Applied AI educator and advisor
Applied AI educator and consultant specializing in practical, organization-ready adoption of generative AI.
Leads customized AI training, executive workshops, and advisory engagements that translate AI concepts into implementable strategies, with experience across public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Recognized for delivering hands-on, outcomes-focused AI education that supports informed decision-making, responsible tool integration, and workforce readiness.

Edgar Baum
Strategic Valuation| M&A | Business executive educator
Senior product management professional with over 15 years of experience designing and scaling digital products across SaaS, mobile, AI/GenAI, and platform-based environments.
Brings applied expertise delivering training and workshops focused on OKRs, discovery practices, AI literacy, and responsible innovation, supporting measurable organizational and learner outcomes.

Alex Bleau
OKRs, Outcomes, Product Leadership, AI Trainer And Coach
Senior product management professional with over 15 years of experience designing and scaling digital products across SaaS, mobile, AI/GenAI, and platform-based environments.
Brings applied expertise delivering training and workshops focused on OKRs, discovery practices, AI literacy, and responsible innovation, supporting measurable organizational and learner outcomes.

Luke Brodie
Facilitator | Designer | Storyteller
Seasoned innovation leader and executive facilitator with a track record designing and delivering transformation programs for senior leadership at Fortune 500 firms across four continents.
Brings deep expertise in design thinking, organizational change, and adult learning, with extensive experience lecturing at world-class institutions.

Parm Chohan
Executive Coaching | Leadership Development
Leadership educator and organizational development practitioner with over 20 years of experience supporting leadership capability, communication, and applied professional learning.
With experience teaching, coaching, and facilitating leadership development across public and professional environments, he specializes in experiential, strengths-based learning that supports reflective practice, decision-making, collaboration, and sustained behaviour change

Matteo Dariol
Inventor|Innovator|Digital Catalyst
Senior digital transformation leader with 15+ years of experience in enterprise AI and Industry 4.0 initiatives.
Brings applied expertise in AI strategy, governance, and advanced manufacturing, with a record of leading large teams, managing complex digital portfolios, and delivering patented, performance-driven technology solutions aligned to real-world outcomes.

Shahzad Gidwani
Sales, Marketing, Branding & BD Executive | Educator
Senior customer success, sales, and business development leader with over 20 years of experience across education, telecommunications, luxury retail, and membership-based organizations.
Recognized for expertise in customer lifecycle strategy, OKR-aligned performance management, and value realization by aligning product, sales, and service functions.

Nicolas Habib
Project Management and Digital Transformation Practitioner
Faculty member and technology project management professional with experience leading complex IT and digital transformation initiatives across sectors.
Brings extensive experience in ERP implementation, technology governance, and strategic project execution, along with prior instructional experience in CPA and CFA programs, enabling learners to connect technical delivery with executive-level decision-making.

Gurleen Kaur
Professor | Cloud Computing & Machine Learning Expert
Assistant Professor of Computer Science with applied expertise in cloud computing and machine learning, supporting outcomes-driven, technology-enabled instruction.
Brings strong capability in curriculum design, online and blended delivery, and learner assessment, with hands-on proficiency across AWS, Microsoft Azure, R, and modern development environments.

Freeda Khan
Educator | Professor | Lecturer | CQ and IDI Certified
Freeda brings over two decades of experience working with both undergraduate and graduate students. She has extensive experience in developing international programs, established numerous global partnerships and has led global programs to over 40 countries.
She is a scholar, instructor, lecturer, in global leadership, intercultural competence and cultural intelligence development in individuals, teams and organizations.

Lucy La Grasa
Professor | Cloud Computing & Machine Learning Expert
Leadership and education practitioner who lead multidisciplinary teams of senior course designers, trainers, facilitators, consultants, and coaches.
Her work centers on experiential, exploratory learning in leadership, management, communications, and DEIB, with applied expertise spanning ethics, entrepreneurship, stakeholder engagement, and organizational transformation.

Jennifer Levanduski
Go-to-Market Strategist | Brand, Growth, and Team Leadership
Faculty member with over 15 years of professional experience in strategic marketing, brand development, and go-to-market execution across startup and enterprise contexts.
Brings extensive practitioner expertise in supporting organizations through growth, digital transition, and market repositioning, with a focus on translating business objectives into effective marketing strategies.

Anthony Paolucci
Senior Strategy and Negotiation Consultant | Executive Trainer
Faculty member with over a decade of experience in strategy, negotiation, and organizational leadership.
Certified in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (Harvard Law School) with advanced training in emotional intelligence and conflict management, and extensive experience advising executives and delivering applied leadership training across sectors.

Bo Pelech
Applied AI Agentics Engineer and Educator
Professor and Executive-in-Residence, focused on applied teaching and the commercialization of ideas through experiential MBA programs.
A retired investment banker and former consultant, he mentors students in growth, sustainability, and consulting projects, supporting real-world execution, internships, and market-ready outcomes.

Brad Ross
Applied AI Agentics Engineer and Educator
Faculty member with over 20 years of professional experience in data science, software engineering, and enterprise architecture. Teaches graduate-level artificial intelligence and agentic systems, with expertise in curriculum design, applied implementation, and guiding learners from prototype to production. Has extensive experience developing institutionally approved AI programs and brings a strong foundation in both technical rigor and business practice.

Nick Ruest
Agentic AI Engineer| Executive & MBAi Trainer
Faculty member with professional expertise in applied artificial intelligence and agentic systems.
Teaches professionals how to design, deploy, and scale intelligent systems within organizational settings, with an emphasis on practical frameworks, applied prototyping, and measurable operational outcomes informed by industry and executive education experience.

Simona Serb
Project Management Practitioner|Applied Learning Facilitator
Faculty member and project management practitioner with over 15 years of experience delivering multinational initiatives.
Combines extensive industry leadership with a facilitative teaching approach, guiding learners to apply project management frameworks and continuous improvement in real organizational contexts.

Passent Tantawi
Scholar|Academic Program & Quality Assurance Leader
Professor of Marketing and Assistant Dean for Postgraduate International Programs at the Graduate School of Business.
She brings over 28 years of academic and leadership experience, with a strong focus on quality-assured program delivery, smart and blended learning, and curriculum and assessment design.

Vridhi Tuli
GenAI|Training| Change Management
Training and change management leader with over 10 years of experience supporting large-scale enterprise system implementations and workforce upskilling.
Experience in global learning strategy and program coordination through service as Regional Learning Manager at the WHO, supporting structured learning delivery across diverse stakeholder groups.
