Joe Toscano

5 out of 5

Founder and CEO of DataGrade; Author of "Automating Humanity," and Featured Expert on the Netflix Documentary "The Social Dilemma"

USA

Joe Toscano Biography

Joe Toscano is an award-winning designer, published author, and international keynote speaker and featured regularly on Fox News as a technology expert, along with other major media outlets. You may have seen Toscano featured in The Social Dilemma or read his articles on Forbes. Watch his TEDx Talk, “Want to work for Google? You already do,” for a summary of his work.

Previously an Experience Design consultant for Google, Toscano left Silicon Valley because he believes the industry misuses data and feels the issues need to be addressed through innovation rather than strict regulation. Since leaving, Toscano has written a book, "Automating Humanity," and he has started the Better Ethics and Consumer Outcomes Network (BEACON), both focused on increasing technology literacy, discovering opportunities for purpose-driven innovation, and moving communities forward through purpose-driven innovation.

Toscano's talks focus on how we can create a better, human-centered approach to designing the internet. His deepest knowledge is in privacy, data protection, digital literacy, and the larger conversation around data rights as human rights.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 04/14/2026.

Joe Toscano Speaking Topics

  • Privacy 2.0: A Post-Compliance Era of Profitable Privacy Practices

    Laws are created when an individual or group of individuals become too callous to their moral obligations to society. However, laws are not required to regulate or change the world, and even when regulated it's been proven that companies will do everything they can to get around the law. This talk will lay out the many ways in which privacy and data protection can be translated into a value center, rather than a compliance cost center, through the lens of ESG. Leveraged to increase revenues and profitability, we enable privacy to remove itself from a cost in the mind of executives and put professionals in a position to accelerate the rate of change exponentially.

  • Empathetic Privacy: Situational Awareness Training for Data Professionals

    Tech regulation is consuming the world, and in the process it’s forcing companies to ask new questions of themselves: How does your company handle your data? Is your company asking the right questions of itself? Are you prepared or are you unsure? Keeping up with these new regulations and trying to stay ahead of the curve is costing companies excessive amounts of both time and money.

    Empathetic Privacy is zero to one data literacy and ethics training for data professionals. It is the creative work required to ensure society retains the humanity of its machine counterparts and consensually adopts them.

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Joe Toscano Videos

EP #18: Responsible AI In Action with Joe Toscano | Responsible AI

EP #18: Responsible AI In Action with Joe Toscano | Responsible AI

Joe Toscano is an award-winning designer published author and international keynote speaker who left his role consulting for Google ...

Invisible Threads: Data Privacy in an AI World

Invisible Threads: Data Privacy in an AI World

Through vivid anecdotes and real-world examples, Joe Toscano unravels the intricate connections that link individuals, platforms, advertisers, and...

Global Business: EU looks to Regulate AI Technology

Global Business: EU looks to Regulate AI Technology

CGTN's Phillip Yin talked with Joe Toscano, Founder & CEO of DataGrade. He remarked on legislation from the EU that is trying to regulate AI within...

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Joe Toscano is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Privacy 2.0: A Post-Compliance Era of Profitable Privacy Practices, Empathetic Privacy: Situational Awareness Training for Data Professionals, Creating Human-Centric Businesses in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Invisible Threads: Data Privacy in an AI Era. The estimated speaking fee range to book Joe Toscano for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Joe Toscano generally travels from USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Jana Eggers, Alex Salkever, James Hendler, Hava Siegelmann and Mutale Nkonde. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Joe Toscano for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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