Kendra Vant

Pragmatic and ethical AI commercialisation

I love building. Products, teams, companies. Turning great ideas into fantastic, profitable products. Being able to point to something and say ‘we built that’ is what stokes my fire. I’ve released multiple AI products to market, generating key patents that support both the offensive and defensive patent strategy needed for new market entry. I nurture, galvanise and inspire cross functional product and engineering teams to deliver game changing products and I work hard to create high performing and inclusive environments of continual learning and development where diverse perspectives are expected and celebrated. Pragmatic and commercial, I have the academic and technical background needed to sort the real from the wishful thinking, value AI pitch decks accurately and call BS on the hype. I bring deep expertise in threading data and AI through new products and companies in a way that opens new markets and builds a differentiating moat. Deeply committed to the belief that data needs to be used for good, I advise the Australian Government’s approach to data and AI via the National AI Centre Think Tank and the National Data Advisory Council.