Chief AI Officer Program

Dr. Marie T. Dasborough is a professor at the University of Miami’s Herbert Business School, known for her expertise in leadership, emotional intelligence, and organizational behavior. Her research focuses on the role of emotions in workplace dynamics, exploring how emotional intelligence influences leadership effectiveness, ethical behavior, and employee well-being. Dr. Dasborough’s work has advanced understanding in these areas, contributing valuable insights into the connections between emotions, leadership, and team performance.

An award-winning educator, Dr. Dasborough is recognized for her innovative teaching and mentorship. Her engaging approach not only impacts her students but also enriches academic and professional communities. She frequently presents her research at prominent conferences and collaborates on projects that support positive workplace culture and effective leadership practices.

A dedicated contributor to her field, Dr. Dasborough remains active in academic and professional circles, working closely with organizations and scholars to shape best practices in leadership and workplace psychology. Her work continues to inform strategies for building emotionally intelligent, ethical leaders who foster supportive work environments.

Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes is a visionary leader operating at the intersection of academia, business, government and not-for-profit sectors, recognized globally for her deep tech diplomacy and digital ethics efforts.

With over two decades of executive experience, she has held numerous high-impact leadership roles and has extensive complex system integration expertise, driving the development of responsible, inclusive, diverse, sustainable AI, blockchain and other deep tech innovation ecosystems at a regional, national or international level.

Her unique background positions her as a thought leader on how emerging or frontier technologies are posing unique ethical challenges and are reshaping law, regulatory frameworks, corporate governance, risk management, compliance and enterprise digital strategy.

She is an alumna of MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia University, and University of Miami's Herbert Business School.
She is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, holding executive certifications in AI, Blockchain, Finance, Mediation, Tech Diplomacy, Human Rights, and Ethics.

She has served as an expert advisor to numerous Fortune 100 and 500 companies, US DOD, IEEE, NIST, and EU, UN or G20-affiliated organizations, guiding them on strategic decisions around digital transformation, digital risk governance, digital trust, and digital cyber-ethics orchestration.

Dr. Robert Plant’s is an associate professor and the chair of the Department of Business Technology at the Miami Herbert Business School and director of the Intelligent Computer Systems Research Institute. Dr. Plant’s current research focuses on labor economics and the ways in which AI technology is impacting the workforce.

Dr. Plant has written for The World Today, a publication by the renowned think tank Chatham House, as well as the China People’s Daily and Financial Times. Additionally, he is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal online in its Leadership Expert section, Forbes, NPR, the New York Times, Time Magazine, and Money Talk Radio. Dr. Plant is also a recognized authority on technology issues and frequently writes for the Harvard Business Review.

Dr. Plant earned his PhD in computer science, specializing in artificial intelligence, from the University of Liverpool in England. Prior to this, he pursued his studies in computation at Wadham College, Oxford University.

Has held visiting teaching and research positions at Templeton College, Oxford University, England; Universidad Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile; and Wuhan University, P.R. China.

Dr. Robert Gregory's research focuses on novel phenomena related to digital innovation and the transformation of incumbent firms in the context of digital business strategy. His research has appeared in MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Academy of Management Review, and MIT Sloan Management Review, among many others.

He has won multiple awards, including Best Reviewer Award from Information Systems Research in 2017 and MIS Quarterly in 2021, as well as the prestigious Early Career Award from the Association for Information Systems in 2016. He serves as an associate editor for Information Systems Research and senior editor for the Journal of the Association for Information Systems. He is also a founding member and outgoing president of the AIS Special Interest Group on Digital Innovation, Transformation, and Entrepreneurship.

Dr. Gregory joined Miami Herbert Business School in June 2021. Previously, he was a professor of product and project management, as well as digital transformation in the executive education program at the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce. Prior to this, he was an assistant professor of information systems at IESE Business School, Spain, where he taught digital innovation and transformation across the MBA and international executive levels.

​​Dr. Valeria Alterman​ earned her PhD from the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida. Her research and teaching interests relate to organizations’ human resource management practices and their effects on employee attitudes and behaviors.

Recognizing that the population is aging, most of her research focuses on how human resource practices can support the age-diverse workforce and continued participation of older workers. She also studies how organizations’ compensation practices affect employees’ commitment levels.

Dr. Joseph Johnson is an Associate Professor of Marketing at Miami Herbert Business School and a member of the AI and Big Data Center at the University of Miami’s Institute for Data Sciences. He teaches Marketing Analytics, New Product Development, Strategic Brand Management, and a doctoral seminar on quantitative methods for marketing management. His current research focuses on the use of artificial intelligence and text-mining tools as a decision aid for managers.

He has created and collaborated in the development of the following initiatives: deep learning algorithms for advertising design and testing; brand management tools using text mining; customer satisfaction and service quality measurement tools using text mining; dynamic optimization methods for retail promotions; media planning tools for big Pharma; digital media analytics for non-profit organizations; the clinic scheduling model for the University of Miami’s clinics; risk models for predicting post-surgery health outcomes.

Dr. Johnson’s research has appeared in leading journals, including the Journal of Consumer Research, Marketing Science, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Retailing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of International Marketing, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, and IEEE Proceedings of the International Conference of Machine Learning Applications.