Who are the
AI Architecture folks?
We are just like you
Our members include top thought leaders in architecture with combined experience across all sides of AI and intelligent systems.
We believe that AI is a tool of humanity. That it has great potential to do good but that like any powerful tool it also has the ability to do harm.
We believe that a group of capable and educated professionals, without financial motivation, provides the best resource for designing both balanced and ethical outcomes with AI.
We believe that AI technology is at the beginning of its journey and that it will require a huge amount of innovative change for society to adapt to AI and its usage.
We believe that through sustained effort and contribution from a community of volunteers this AI Architecture group can become truly useful in the adoption, management, governance, and quality of AI related technology.
Our members are:
Chief Architects
Enterprise Architects
CIOs/CTOs
AI Practitioners
Meet our team
Zach Gardner
Co-Chairman
Zach is the Chief Architect at Keyhole Software. He has over a decade of professional software development experience, and is the author if the AI Delivery & Strategy course for IASA. Zach has worked in healthcare, construction, finance, logistics, and other industries, and enjoys bridging the gap between business needs and technological possibilities.
Stephen Kaufman
Co-Chairman
Stephen has worked for Microsoft for almost 25 years in various roles, most recently as Chief Architect in the Office of the CTO for the Americas, dedicated to spearheading our strategic initiatives and working directly with customers to shape projects that drive innovation and growth.
He works in close collaboration with Product Engineering to amplify the voice of the customer and ensure that our company's outcomes are aligned with their needs and expectations while helping drive excellence internally for the entire organization.
"AI is the most important thing humanity has ever worked on. I think of it as something more profound than electricity or fire."
- Sundar Pichar
Partners in our Programs
IASA is a leader in the training, certification, and continuing education of IT architects around the world. IASA is the sponsor of communities like the Chief Architect Forum, WIA (Women In Architecture), etc. They are the driving force behind innovation and repeatable standardization of IT architecture best practices, and help guide this AI community to its fullest potential.