Amir Husain
Amir Husain is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and inventor based in Austin, Texas. He is the founder and CEO of SparkCognition, Inc., a company specializing in cognitive computing software solutions that help businesses and governments better respond to a world of ever-evolving threats, and he was a founding member of IBM's advisory board for Watson. Husain speaks at numerous SXSW, defense, cybersecurity, computer science, energy, and environmental conferences. His work, along with SparkCognition's work, has been featured in such publications as Fast Company, Wired, Forbes, and the New York Times. The Sentient Machine is his first book.
