Technology Executive & AI Strategy Leader; Chief AI Officer at Rokt; Former Head of Customer Engineering at Google

New York, NY, USA
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Claire Southey Biography

Claire Southey is a technology executive and the chief AI officer at Rokt, a global e-commerce technology company. In this role, Southey manages global teams focused on technical strategy and software development, overseeing platform, data engineering, and infrastructure, as well as science and research. She reports directly to the CEO.

Southey's career is built on extensive technical leadership across major technology organizations. She served as head of tech development at Foxtel, then moved to the United Kingdom to work for Amazon, initially with Prime and later with AWS, where she became global technical lead for media and entertainment. Southey then joined Google as head of customer engineering in California. Following her roles at Google and Amazon, she joined Rokt as senior vice president of engineering before being appointed chief AI officer.

In her position, Southey focuses on developing and executing AI and data strategies aligned with business outcomes, ensuring the necessary datasets, infrastructure, and talent are in place. She guides scientific research efforts both internally and through academic partnerships, emphasizing reliable, ethical, and privacy-safe AI models and data pipelines. At Rokt, Southey contributes to the company's ongoing efforts to advance AI technology in e-commerce and enhance the online shopping experience for clients.

Southey is active in discussions about AI's impact on business and commerce. Her writing on agent-led commerce and AI's implications for marketers has appeared in Ad Age. She has participated in industry events, including Advertising Week New York in a session titled "The AI Horizon: Shaping the Future of Work," and the Forbes Power Women's Summit, where she joined a panel with Professor Linda Hill of Harvard Business School.

Southey holds a Master of Information Technology Management from Charles Sturt University, a Master of Data Science from James Cook University, an executive education degree in women's leadership from Yale University, a Juris Doctor, and graduate degrees in business administration and legal practice. Her multidisciplinary academic background and experience at global technology companies inform her perspective on AI-driven commerce and technology leadership.

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