Dr. Lan Guan

Dr. Lan Guan, the Chief AI Officer for Accenture, a Fortune Global 500 company valued at almost $200 billion.

Accenture, a global professional services company, has emerged as one of the leading beneficiaries of the generative AI boom. It reported $600 million in new bookings in the last quarter alone – that's $2.4 billion annualized per year selling gen AI services.

𝐀 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝...

Lan Guan graduated from the University of Michigan with an MBA in Computational Engineering and then did a Ph.D. in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics from Wayne State University.

In 2000, Guan was appointed Analytics Manager at Quantum, a data management company.

In 2003, she took over as the global leader of Data & AI at Accenture Cloud First. Today, Guan leads all AI efforts as Chief AI Officer at Accenture and its Center for Advanced AI.

Lan Guan is also a founding member of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) – an AI research institute dedicated to improving human life.

𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐧:
→ serves on the advisory board of AI4ALL, a nonprofit committed to increasing diversity and inclusion in AI
→ is an Adjunct Faculty with the Data Science Institute at Columbia University
→ has over ten patents in AI-related areas, including digital marketing and sales optimization

She has been recognized as:
→ Top 25 Consultants and Leaders in AI by The Consulting Report in 2023
→ Outstanding 50 Asian American in Business by AABDC in 2023
→ Top Women Leaders in Consulting by The Consulting Report for 2022
→ STEM Champion for Women in 2020

Accenture is one of the largest consulting firms in the world, has recently pledged to invest $3bn in its AI services and has a woman as its Chief AI Officer. Now that’s pretty cool!

Last Updated: May 2024