Andreas Welsch

Andreas Welsch is an internationally recognized AI leader, advisor, and speaker known for helping the world’s leading enterprises turn technology hype into business outcomes. He is the Founder & Chief AI Strategist at Intelligence Briefing, the best-selling author of the “AI Leadership Handbook,” and the creator of several popular LinkedIn Learning courses on AI for business leaders.

Over the last 23 years, including in global leadership roles at SAP, he has advised Fortune 500 leaders on realizing business value from AI, accelerated the integration of AI across enterprise applications, and positioned SAP as the leader for Business AI. Before that, Welsch led global IT process automation projects. Outside of work, he contributes to academia as an Adjunct Professor at West Chester University of Pennsylvania and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of AI, Robotics, and Workplace Automation.

Welsch is a frequent keynote speaker and expert panelist, and has been named a LinkedIn Top Voice, Thinkers360’s Top 10 Thought Leader in Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI, The Futurum Group's Top 14 AI Influencer, SwissCognitive’s Top 50 Global AI Ambassador, and engatica’s Top 200 Worldwide Business & Technology Innovator. He is an active member of the Harvard Business Review Council, a Gartner Peer Community Ambassador, and has been featured on CIO.com, VentureBeat, and other outlets.