Bio
Mai Mavinkurve is a CIGI senior fellow and a serial entrepreneur. Mai has founded and run companies in the emerging technology space building distributed data, artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain solutions for industry.
Mai is an industry expert and adviser in applied AI and data governance. As a member of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s Economic Strategy Table on digital industries, she led the subgroup that developed recommendations on national data strategy and intellectual property. She has also represented Canada at the G7 ministerial meetings on AI and the future of work. Mai has advised on Ontario’s Digital and Data Task Force, as well as co-chaired a data governance initiative with the Standards Council of Canada. Mai is an experienced engineer and executive leader with a focus on the practical enterprise applications and implications of AI and data. Mai was acknowledged as one of the 30 Most Influential Women in AI in Canada.