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Sandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) shared thisThe door to AI is swinging open, but for many women, it still feels like we’re standing on the outside looking in. Years ago, my mentor at IBM, Ted Childs LLC, gave me the advice that would become my career compass: "reach back and pull someone with you." We need to help the next generation of talent!! That's why I started Unstoppable Women of AI to help other women get started, keep moving, and succeeding with AI! And today I am so thankful for Sarder TVⓇ helping me to highlight these amazing women in this disruptive and transformational space First up will be the stories of 4 Incredible women! 1. Lisa DeLuca - Second most prolific patent holder and an AI Founder Players.Cards 2. Astrid Pilla - First women to create a Fashion Agent, and grew "her" into a humanoid! 3. Christine Heckart- 2x AI founder ( Xapa ), and 3x category creator 4. Bárbara Silva 🌏- Chairman, Technical Committee on Industry and Artificial Intelligence Development in Chile's Senate and CEO Singularity Chile So join us for the Sandy Carter Show featuring the Unstoppable Women of AI! And tell me the next Unstoppable Woman I should interview in the comments below!!!
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Sandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) shared thisThe CEO gap may be one of the biggest reasons AI adoption is stalling. After a month of conversations across Silicon Valley, from AI Infra Summit to Innovation in Action to Dreamforce to Stanford board training sessions to HTEC’s Executive AI Dinner, I kept hearing the same thing: The CEO matters in the AI Execution. Three reasons why: 1. People copy what the CEO does. Executives average just 1.5 hours a week using AI. But BCG found CEOs leading AI transformation spend more than 8 hours a week building their own skills. If the CEO is experimenting, learning and sharing, everyone else gets permission to move. 2. The CEO sets the trust level. AI adoption is increasingly a people and process problem, not a technology problem. Employees need clear guardrails, communication and confidence that using AI is encouraged and safe. 3. The CEO determines whether AI becomes real work. Training, validation and the “glue work” of AI adoption often land on middle managers. CEOs decide whether that work gets recognized, measured and rewarded or simply added to everyone’s workload. IBM found CEOs believe only 25% of their workforce uses AI regularly. See my article in Forbes So here’s the question I think every leadership team should ask: How many hours a week does your CEO actually use AI? That number may tell you more about your AI transformation than your AI strategy deck.
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Sandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) shared thisBreaking: OpenAI just announced Dots today, it's new AI Agents designed to help with tasks across the apps. And dot.com? It takes you straight to Grok's download page. (LOL) The domain reportedly changed hands in July, so I don't know if it was meant as a respone or luck. Still the timing is very funny.
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Sandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) shared thisMost CMOs are no longer playing to win in the AI era.They are playing not to lose. Marie Bahl McKenna said to me today "The CMO job today is mostly defensive. We're playing defense instead of offense." Marie is championing 3 big ideas that every marketing leader needs to pay attention to! 1. Marketers are Market Makers!! We build the market that the product sells into!! Especially now with AI! 2. You are the CEO of Marketing. Run it like one. Speak the CFO's language. 3. Burn the Patchwork Quilt. The Patchwork Quilt of tools is costing you your credibility. With 15,000+ point solutions out there, you must stop absorbing the complexity and start simplifying. She even shared a jaw-dropping story about why **IBM** walked away from a massive sponsorship. Having spent years inside that IBM machine, I know exactly how much pressure it takes to make those numbers align! This is an AI Marketing Companion by Sandy Carter Must Listen to. Episode link in the comments! Uptempo
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Sandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) shared thisAgentic AI gets a lot more interesting when the agents know everything about you. On October 7th, I’ll be at the Modev Agentic AI House at Carahsoftt in Reston, VA for a conversation I care deeply about: A Private & Secure AI Future. As AI becomes more autonomous, the big question isn’t only what agents can do. It’s what they should know, what they should keep, and who stays in control of that data. I’m looking forward to digging into this with a terrific group: 👉 @Arsh Arora McKesson, moderating 👉 Justin Fanelli U.S. Navy 👉 David DeSanto, Anaconda 👉 John Dvorak, Red Hat 👉 And me, representing Equs, Inc We’ll be talking privacy, security, trust and what it takes to build agentic AI people and enterprises can actually rely on. Come and join us! I'd love to see you in DC! If you’re at Agentic AI House on October 7, come join us. The future of AI may be agentic. It also needs to be private and secure.
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Sandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) shared thisIs anyone else concerned about the growing amount of AI Agent Slop? (yes, this is different than AI Slop!) While AI slop is just low quality content, AI Agent slop represents a autonomous failure where tools execute wrong actions at scale. It's the difference between a bad blog post and a rogue script deleting your database (yes, this did happen). These agents are going rogue from all the LLM providers. And with Goldman stating that the number of tokens that these agents consume increasing 24x, we are in for more examples of rogue agents. What can companies do about it? I’ve been diving deep into how companies can build guardrails, and your feedback has been invaluable. Here is what we need to track: - Beyond Completion: Making task completion is only one measure. - System Reach: Knowing what systems an agent can reach and change - Human in the Loop: Understanding who the human is in the loop - The Kill Switch: knowing how quickly a person can stop it. We need to move fast, but we must move safely. Read my full breakdown in my latest Forbes article below! And give me some of your examples of how you set boundaries with your agents!
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Sandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) shared thisAfter auditing over 100 AI workflows this year, I’ve realized that most people are chasing the wrong shiny objects. It is not about how many tools you have, but where you invest your limited resources. Here are 5 things actually worth the money in the AI era: 1. A context-aware personal assistant. Forget generic bots. You need one that learns your preferences, retains context, and—most importantly—where you maintain complete data ownership. (That's why I am at Equs, Inc !) 2. AI literacy for the whole team. I would rather invest in training 100 employees to be AI fluent than pay for 100 enterprise licenses that collect digital dust. This includes the CEO. 3. Buying back your Friday afternoons. If an AI agent can automate your expense reports or meeting prep to give you 5 hours back a week, it is worth its weight in gold. 4. Ironclad data privacy. I will always pay a premium for AI that knows me without selling me. Control over what the machine remembers is the ultimate luxury. 5. High-level human connection. AI makes deep thinking more scarce. I happily pay for coffee with mentors and dinners with disruptors who challenge my biases. AI handles the logic; humans handle the magic. What are your non-negotiable AI investments?
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Sandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) shared thisDid you know that women’s sports the unexpected frontier for the most advanced AI technology on the planet? Take my friend Lisa DeLuca, for example. As the Founder and CEO of Sports Cards, she is revolutionizing high school athletics by using AI to track player cards. Now, Treasure AI is scaling the AI vision through a landmark partnership with the Portland Thorns FC and Portland Fire. While old-school leagues struggle to sync a fan's jersey purchase with their ticket entry, these teams are building a unified ecosystem. Here is why this matters: 1. The Leapfrog Effect: Women’s sports aren't fixing old systems; they are building new ones that lead with innovation. 2. Connected Data: AI agents finally bridge the gap between merchandise, concessions, and digital engagement for real-time action. 3. Ethical Personalization: We must lead with purpose. Just because AI can track a fan doesn’t mean it should without strict privacy standards. Imagine an AI agent knowing you always attend with your daughter and surprise-upgrading your seats for her birthday. That is the future. How do you think AI will change your next game-day experience? 👇
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Sandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) shared thisBreaking: We have another one… An AI agent was told “no.” It treated “no” as a technical problem to solve. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed that an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to a government Medicare statistics portal. The agent had what sounds like a routine assignment: find public data about medicine spending. When the portal blocked it, the agent reportedly searched for workarounds and accessed public and non-public files. Officials say no personal Medicare records are believed to have been accessed. The most unsettling part is the decision pattern: A goal. A barrier. A workaround. Now imagine that inside your company. An agent is denied access to a customer record, financial system or confidential file. Does it stop? Or does it improvise? Companies are racing to make agents more capable. We need equal urgency around making them governable. We spend enormous energy teaching AI how to act. The real test is whether it knows when to stop.
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Sandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) liked thisSandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) liked thisAI is dramatically reshaping how consumers find and choose brands. Our Founder and CEO Michael Kassan is backing one of the companies leading that shift, investing in OptimizeGEO.ai and partnering as a strategic advisor. Co-founders Kirthiga Reddy and Saurabh Doshi saw mobile and social transform how people discover brands, and built OptimizeGEO for the next big shift: helping brands show up accurately and credibly in AI-generated answers, then connecting that visibility to real business results. Built as a global-native platform that works across languages and markets, OptimizeGEO is already used by more than 100 brands across 20 countries. Michael joins a standout group of investors, including Carolyn Everson , Gulshan Verma, Mauria Finley, Stacy Brown-Philpot, Kiran Mani and Shiv Singh. Read the full announcement, linked in comments below. #GEO #GenerativeAI #AISearch #Marketing #BrandStrategy
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Sandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) liked thisSandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) liked thisWe’re one step closer to opening the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix Medical Innovations Building in the Bioscience Core! The City of Phoenix invested in this project because we know it can improve lives. As someone whose family has been impacted by cancer, I believe the work from this building and others like it in our city can lead to better treatments for patients and, one day, a cure for cancer.
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Sandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) liked thisThis is going to be my new favorite show! Honored to be featured among so many incredible women in AI in a brand new TV series, The Sandy Carter Show🥳. Sandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) and Sarder TVⓇ, you are naturals at bringing out the best in all of us, especially women breaking down barriers and accelerating while bringing everyone along for the ride. Learn about how I got started, and what I’m building now at The Perfect Add - wardrobe intelligence, and Driftway - relationship intelligence for CRE, all while working with my team of agents and the agent who started it all, AI Agent Miku who went viral on X. Stay tuned for Ep.1 with yours truly! #WomeninAI #AITransformation #AgenticAI #womenfounders #womeninbusiness Sandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) Sarder TVⓇ Lisa DeLuca Christine Heckart Bárbara Silva 🌏
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Sandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) liked thisSandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) liked thisToday is International Women in AI Day, and we’re celebrating some of the women leaders from our community who are shaping artificial intelligence -across innovation, investment, education, research, governance, policy and business. AI is increasingly shaping our economies, workplaces and everyday lives. Ensuring women are fully represented in AI means drawing on the widest possible pool of talent and perspectives, strengthening innovation and helping create technologies, policies and solutions that work for everyone. That is why, for several years, 100 Davos Women has championed women’s leadership and participation across the AI ecosystem. Our work spans four areas: 📌Policy & Influence We contribute to wider policy conversations on ensuring women have a voice in shaping the direction of AI, and in 2024 delivered a statement at the United Nations General Assembly on the importance of women’s leadership and participation in AI. 📌AI Governance & Responsible AI We engage on how AI is governed, developed and deployed responsibly, with a focus on accountability, trust and societal impact. 📌Learning & Capability We have hosted our own AI training programmes and now collaborate with partners on AI learning and capability-building, helping women leaders deepen their understanding of AI and engage confidently with its opportunities and implications. 📌Community & Visibility We have built a global community connecting women leading across the AI ecosystem and creating greater visibility for their expertise, leadership and contribution. Last year, we recognised 100 Women Leaders in AI from around the world. Just last week, we were at United Nations Headquarters for a high-level session on AI and Human Development — a timely reminder of both the extraordinary opportunity AI presents and the importance of ensuring its benefits are shared widely. Today, we celebrate the women leaders from our community already doing that work: building, investing, researching, educating, governing, leading and applying AI across business and society. Here’s to the women leaders shaping AI Thank you to WomenTech Network for creating a moment to recognise and celebrate women advancing AI globally. _____________ Join the 100 Davos Women global conversation. Express your interest to receive our newsletter, updates and invitations>>>> https://lnkd.in/eKR9kgMU #WomenInAI #WomenTechNetwork #AI #WomenInTech #100DavosWomen
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Sandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) liked thisWe're honored to partner with Sandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) and Unstoppable Women of AI to spotlight the extraordinary women shaping the future of artificial intelligence. These conversations are about more than technology. They're about leadership, innovation, resilience, and the people creating meaningful change across industries and communities. Through 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰, we're excited to share the stories, insights, and journeys of remarkable women whose work is helping define what's next for AI. As Sandy reminds us, success is not just about moving forward, it's about reaching back and bringing others along. 🎙️ Coming soon on Sarder TVⓇ.
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Sandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) liked thisSandy Carter, Doctor of Science (hon) liked thisIn this episode, you’ll learn: What’s new in the LinkedIn algorithm since June? Why you can’t game the LinkedIn algorithm What the current best practices are for the LinkedIn algorithm Join our weekly #email newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gB6HMkp Follow our YouTube channel for more #marketing and #analytics videos! https://lnkd.in/gCJksQ4 Take our new generative AI course: https://lnkd.in/e2Uhc5wu Subscribe to the Trust Insights podcast: https://lnkd.in/e_ixa6Qz Join our free private Slack community, Analytics for #Marketers: https://lnkd.in/gNRGRzw Trust Insights is a marketing analytics consulting firm that transforms data into actionable insights, particularly in digital marketing and AI. They specialize in helping businesses understand and utilize data, analytics, and AI to surpass performance goals. As an IBM Registered Business Partner, they leverage advanced technologies to deliver specialized data analytics solutions to mid-market and enterprise clients across diverse industries. Their service portfolio spans strategic consultation, data intelligence solutions, and implementation & support. Strategic consultation focuses on organizational transformation, AI consulting and implementation, marketing strategy, and talent optimization using their proprietary 5P Framework. Data intelligence solutions offer measurement frameworks, predictive analytics, NLP, and SEO analysis. Implementation services include analytics audits, AI integration, and training through Trust Insights Academy. Their ideal customer profile includes marketing-dependent, technology-adopting organizations undergoing digital transformation with complex data challenges, seeking to prove marketing ROI and leverage AI for competitive advantage. Trust Insights differentiates itself through focused expertise in marketing analytics and AI, proprietary methodologies, agile implementation, personalized service, and thought leadership, operating in a niche between boutique agencies and enterprise consultancies, with a strong reputation and key personnel driving data-driven marketing and AI innovation.
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Adjunct Professor
Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley
- Present 10 years 10 months
Adjunct Professor for Carnegie Mellon SV on marketing, innovation and AI leadership.
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Senior Member, Gartner Mind Meld Community
Gartner
- Present 3 years 5 months
Science and Technology
- Brainstorming bold ideas on the future of technology and business
- Sharing insights on the trends I see shaping what’s next
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Diversity and Inclusion Committee Member
World Economic Forum
- 2 years 1 month
The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. The DEI committee focuses on Diversity, Equality and Inclusion.
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Chairman Of The Board Of Directors
Girls in Tech, Inc.
- 8 years
Science and Technology
GIT aims to accelerate the growth of innovative women entering into the high-tech industry and building startups. We achieve this through the creation of proprietary, innovative programming and strategic global partnerships.
With headquarters in San Francisco and more than 55,000 members located around the globe, GIT relies on volunteer efforts to lead each of the 60 local chapters in 36 countries. Programming and events vary by chapter based on local interests and needs.
As…GIT aims to accelerate the growth of innovative women entering into the high-tech industry and building startups. We achieve this through the creation of proprietary, innovative programming and strategic global partnerships.
With headquarters in San Francisco and more than 55,000 members located around the globe, GIT relies on volunteer efforts to lead each of the 60 local chapters in 36 countries. Programming and events vary by chapter based on local interests and needs.
As Chairman of the Board, I work to help and mentor the CEO, and I oversee the board and its committees of:
* Audit
* Governance
* Compensation
* Team Leadership
Each of these committees works with the CEO and team to drive success across the globe.
Publications
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Superheroes On Corporate Boards In The Age Of AI, Blockchain And CyberSecurity
Forbes
See publicationIn the digital age, technological innovations have become a cornerstone of business operations, and companies are increasingly relying on advanced digital strategies to stay competitive. As tech-driven disruptions and cyber threats reshape industries at an unprecedented pace, the need for technical expertise on corporate boards has never been more pronounced. Meanwhile, with artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and digital identity technologies emerging as transformative forces, the…
In the digital age, technological innovations have become a cornerstone of business operations, and companies are increasingly relying on advanced digital strategies to stay competitive. As tech-driven disruptions and cyber threats reshape industries at an unprecedented pace, the need for technical expertise on corporate boards has never been more pronounced. Meanwhile, with artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and digital identity technologies emerging as transformative forces, the importance of technologists on boards becomes paramount in navigating the ever-changing technological landscape effectively.
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How AI And Web3 ID Tech Can Defeat Deepfake Frauds
Forbes
See publicationDiscussion about how AI And Web3 technology can defeat deepfake frauds.
Honors & Awards
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Semafor World Economy — Inaugural Cohort
Semafor
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Forbes 50 Over 50
Forbes
Thrilled and honored to share that Sandy Carter has been named to the Forbes 50 Over 50 list, celebrating women who are redefining leadership, driving innovation, and making an impact at scale.
From pioneering work in AI, blockchain, and digital identity to championing women in tech through Unstoppable Women of Web3 and AI, Sandy’s career has been about pushing boundaries and building inclusive opportunities for the next generation.
This recognition is not just about past…Thrilled and honored to share that Sandy Carter has been named to the Forbes 50 Over 50 list, celebrating women who are redefining leadership, driving innovation, and making an impact at scale.
From pioneering work in AI, blockchain, and digital identity to championing women in tech through Unstoppable Women of Web3 and AI, Sandy’s career has been about pushing boundaries and building inclusive opportunities for the next generation.
This recognition is not just about past achievements, but about proving that vision, reinvention, and influence continue to grow stronger with experience. The 50 Over 50 celebrates trailblazers who remind us that the best chapters of leadership can be written at any age. -
Game Changer
PBWC
PBWC celebrates the transformative power of talent by honoring those who have empowered and inspired women at every level to be their best selves.
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Top SXSW Influencer
Hill+Knowlton Strategies
Over the nine-day festival, there were almost one million mentions of the keyword ‘SXSW’ online, which provided the impetus to use H+K’s proprietary influencer mapping methodology, Sherlock+, to work out which mentions were most impactful.
Working with Brandwatch, we wrote a bespoke “query” for SXSW mentions. Queries are extended search strings written in Boolean syntax which determine what sort of information Sherlock+ pulls in from the web to analyze.
In this case, the query was…Over the nine-day festival, there were almost one million mentions of the keyword ‘SXSW’ online, which provided the impetus to use H+K’s proprietary influencer mapping methodology, Sherlock+, to work out which mentions were most impactful.
Working with Brandwatch, we wrote a bespoke “query” for SXSW mentions. Queries are extended search strings written in Boolean syntax which determine what sort of information Sherlock+ pulls in from the web to analyze.
In this case, the query was based on associated language, hashtags, and names of people on featured speakers lists. This query was then used to populate a dashboard, built to identify the follow features of any conversation:
Influencers
Topics of conversation
Media, forums and blogs.
For this particular set-up, we focused on influencers and topics.
One of the biggest influencers identified during the festival was Sandy Carter, formerly IBM’s General Manager of Ecosystem Development and Social Business. Carter conducted her own research and found out that “innovate” was the word of the festival, both on the ground and then online. She explained that the word was used 650,000 times over the first weekend of the festival alone, which breaks down to a rate of 8.2 mentions a second on average. While these mentions can’t all be linked to SXSW conversation, many of them were.
Carter herself hosted a session on artificial intelligence and bots at the festival this year. One of the most notable pieces of advice she gave for brands was that “bots are more memorable than apps”, offering a stronger, deeper way to reflect your brand and engage with consumers more efficiently. -
Forbes Digital
Forbes
2016 Forbes’ Digital Influencer (http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbloomberg/2016/03/11/digital-influencer-sandy-carter-driving-ibms-transformation-with-developers/#36be43f24ca7
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