Amir Banifatemi

Amir Banifatemi is the founder of Ai Commons Foundation (2016), Business Model Institute Corp.
(1998), K5 Ventures LLC (2011),.
Ai For Good Foundation (2016), and Orchestra SASU (2017).
He is currently the Chairman & Secretary at Enovant (since 2006), Curator and Co-Organizer at Ted Conferences LLC (since 2013), Chief Innovation & Growth Officer at Xprize Foundation (since 2016), Responsible AI Expert at Global Partnership On AI (since 2020), and Chair at Global Initiative On AI & Data Commons (since 2020).
He has held former positions as a Director at Drumbi, Inc., Project Director at Airbus Group SAS (1988-1990), VP Marketing and Business Development at Critical Path, Inc. (2002-2004), General Manager at Electromed International Ltd. (1995-1998), VP Medical Innovations at Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris SA, Board Member & President at Tech Coast Angels, Inc. (2010-2020), Researcher Engineer at Institut National de la Santé & de la Recherche Médicale (1987-1988), President at Agendize SAS (2004-2005), Design Engineer at European Space Agency (France) (1986-1987), National Expert at European Commission (United Kingdom) (1989-1992), and Managing Partner at Bayspring Ventures LLC (1998-2011).
He has an undergraduate degree from Université de Technologie de Compiègne, an MBA from École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris, and a graduate degree from Universite Paris Cite.