Born and raised in Brazil, Adriana Beal worked in the U.S. from 2004 to 2024 helping Fortune 100 companies, innovation companies, and startups gain business insight from their data, make better decisions, and build better software that solves the right problem.
During this period she designed various machine learning models to improve operational and decision processes in IoT, mobility, agriculture, energy, healthcare, homelessness, and more.
Adriana has performed extensive research on Ethical AI and has written articles to promote good practices on the responsible use of AI/ML (some are available here, here in here).
Adriana has a degree in Electric Engineering and an MBA in Strategic Management of Information from two top graduate schools in Brazil and two IT strategy books published in her native country. In 2017 she received a certificate in Big Data / Advanced Analytics from the University of Texas. She is frequently invited to speak at events sponsored by professional organizations like IIBA and IEEE and has work internationally published by IEEE and IGI Global. Prior to becoming a U.S. citizen, she received an O-1 (Alien of Extraordinary Ability) visa from the American government.
She is currently dividing her time between Europe, the U.S., and Brazil.