Outreach

Derek works with teams in industry and government to help them see and leverage opportunities and challenges. He's ready to get deep into initiatives that matter. He's worked with Fortune 500 companies and startups to design and execute AI initiatives with real business outcomes. He's worked with government in a number of capacities - notably, together with the Canadian Ministry of Health, he led the offical assessment of the Canadian COVID tracking app. From time to time, he takes on technical projects: he's designed and developed some of the algorithms that power the social media platforms we use everyday.

We need everyone's voice in conversations about AI - not just technologists, and certainly not just computer scientists. This is true in executive teams, across organizations, and throughout society. As an award-winning educator, public speaker, and co-creator of the McGill Executive Institute's AI Program, Derek equips and empowers people with the technical, cultural, and strategic knowledge they need to foster, join, and participate in AI conversations and initiatives.

We have a responsibility to ensure that the tremendous benefits of AI and data science reach the vulnerable, the underserved, and the marginalized. This means we need to focus on using AI and data science to increase the impact of social good initiatives. This is the mandate of Charitable Analytics International, the Canadian not-for-profit Derek co-founded. There, he works with charities, UN agencies, and governments around the world to responsibly and appropriately incorporate AI solutions into their processes to drive better, more effective outcomes for their beneficiaries.