Dr. Ahmed Bouzid is Founder and CEO of Witlingo, a McLean, Virginia, based startup that builds products and solutions that enable brands to engage with their clients and prospects using voice, audio, and Conversational AI. Prior to Witlingo, Dr. Bouzid was Head of Alexa’s Smart Home Product at Amazon and VP of Product and Innovation at Angel.com. Dr. Bouzid holds 12 patents in the Speech Recognition and Natural Language Processing field and was recognized as a “Speech Luminary” by Speech Technology Magazine and as one of the Top 11 Speech Technologists by Voicebot.ai. He is also an Open Voice Network Ambassador and author at Opus Research and at CMSWire. His new book, The Elements of Voice First Style: A Practical Guide to Voice User Interface Design, co-authored with Dr. Weiye Ma, is now available on Amazon.com. Dr. Bouzid is currently working on a new book, Generative AI For Executives: A Primer, slated to be published by Springer Books in October 2024.