Founder of Machine Learning Week; AI Expert & Speaker; Bestselling Author of "Predictive Analytics"

San Francisco, CA, USA
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Eric Siegel Biography

Eric Siegel, Ph.D., is a former Columbia University professor who helps companies deploy machine learning. He is the cofounder and CEO of Gooder AI, the founder of the long-running "Machine Learning Week" conference series, the instructor of the acclaimed online course "Machine Learning Leadership and Practice – End-to-End Mastery," executive editor of "The Machine Learning Times," and a frequent keynote speaker.

He wrote the bestselling book "Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die," which has been used in courses at hundreds of universities, as well as the book "The AI Playbook: Mastering the Rare Art of Machine Learning Deployment."

Eric’s interdisciplinary work bridges the stubborn technology/business gap. At Columbia, he won the Distinguished Faculty award when teaching the graduate computer science courses in ML and AI. Later, he served as a business school professor at UVA Darden. A Forbes contributor, Eric publishes op-eds on analytics and social justice.

Eric has appeared on Bloomberg TV and Radio, BNN (Canada), Israel National Radio, National Geographic Breakthrough, NPR Marketplace, Radio National (Australia), and TheStreet. A Forbes contributor, Eric and his books have been featured in BBC, Big Think, Businessweek, CBS MoneyWatch, Contagious Magazine, The European Business Review, Fast Company, The Financial Times, Fortune, GQ, Harvard Business Review, The Huffington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Luckbox Magazine, MIT Sloan Management Review, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, Newsweek, Quartz, Salon, The San Francisco Chronicle, Scientific American, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Trailblazers with Walter Isaacson, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and WSJ MarketWatch.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 06/16/2025.

Eric Siegel Speaking Topics

  • How Machine Learning Delivers on the Promise of AI

    ​The excitement over machine learning and AI has reached a fever pitch. But what is the value, the function, the purpose? The most actionable win to be gained from data is prediction. This is achieved by analytically learning from data how to render predictions for each individual. Such predictions drive more effectively the millions of operational decisions that organizations make every day. In this keynote, Machine Learning Week founder and bestselling author Eric Siegel reveals how machine learning – aka predictive analytics – works and the ways in which it delivers value to organizations across industry sectors.

  • The AI Playbook: How to Capitalize on Machine Learning

    ​The greatest tool is the hardest to use. Machine learning is the world’s most important general-purpose technology – but it’s notoriously difficult to launch. Outside Big Tech and a handful of other leading companies, machine learning initiatives routinely fail to deploy, never realizing value. What’s missing? A specialized business practice suitable for wide adoption. In this keynote, bestselling author Eric Siegel presents the gold-standard, six-step practice for ushering machine learning projects from conception to deployment. And he illustrates the practice with stories of success and of failure, including revealing case studies from UPS, FICO, and prominent dot-coms.

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Eric Siegel Videos

Databricks keynote by Eric Siegel - Machine Learning

Databricks keynote by Eric Siegel - Machine Learning

NEW BOOK: The AI Playbook by Eric Siegel. In his bestselling first book Eric explained how machine learning works.

Eric Siegel | The AI Playbook | Talks at Google

Eric Siegel | The AI Playbook | Talks at Google

Eric Siegel Ph.D. helps companies deploy machine learning. He is the founder of the long-running Machine Learning Week conference series.

National Geographic: Eric Siegel on Predictive Analytics

National Geographic: Eric Siegel on Predictive Analytics

Eric Siegel expounds on predictive analytics on National Geographic's “Breakthrough”. Watch the full episode, “Predicting the Future,”

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Eric Siegel is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as How Machine Learning Delivers on the Promise of AI, The AI Playbook: How to Capitalize on Machine Learning, Most Machine Learning Projects Fail to Deploy – Here's the Remedy, How Machine Learning Reduces Risk in Financial Services, The High Cost of AI Hype and Five Ways to Lower Costs with Machine Learning. The estimated speaking fee range to book Eric Siegel for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Eric Siegel generally travels from San Francisco, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Alex Salkever, Mutale Nkonde, Richie Etwaru, Asha Saxena and Jana Eggers. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Eric Siegel for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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