Laks Srinivasan, MBA

Laks Srinivasan has over 15 years of experience in enabling digital/data/analytics/AI-driven transformation as a trusted advisor, board member, executive, and entrepreneur. Currently, Laks is Co-Founder and Managing Director at Return on AI Institute, a best practices business research, executive learning and coaching, and advisory firm helping enterprises maximize economic and social return on AI. At the Institute, he helps companies that have been slow to adopt digital technologies and their leadership teams to understand AI, prepare the organization, and execute on AI-driven transformations. Previously, Laks was Chief Operating Officer of Opera Solutions, an applied AI and ML solutions company with top placement in many ML competitions including the Netflix prize, KDD Cup, and Kaggle. Prior to Opera Solutions, Laks was with FICO (NYSE: FICO), an analytics company that helps businesses make better decisions that drive more growth, profitability, and customer satisfaction. Laks holds an MBA from The Wharton School, as well as a BS in electrical engineering from NIT, India. He is a senior fellow for leadership development at the Enterprise Systems Center, Lehigh University, where he mentors senior and graduate students on data, analytics, and AI projects for industry and government.