Speakers

Dr. Rania Khalaf is Chief AI Officer and GM of AI at WSO2, leading the company's AI and Agentic roadmap, including the new Agent Platform. With deep expertise at the intersection of AI, cloud platforms, and enterprise software, Dr. Khalaf has a proven track record of building AI-native products from zero to market and driving company-wide transformations. Previously, she was Chief Information and Data Officer at Inari, a unicorn biotech startup where she built its digital and AI organization through a period of extraordinary growth, delivering deep learning and knowledge graph platforms for gene discovery. She was Director of IBM Research AI Engineering and Distinguished Research Staff Member leading an organization of researchers and engineers at the frontier of AI and cloud, driving innovations from scientific breakthrough to market, including award-winning Watson products and open source projects that became industry standards. She holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from MIT and a PhD from the University of Stuttgart, with technical depth resulting in 90+ publications and over 8,000 citations. Rania serves on academic and industry boards and is a frequent speaker at institutions including MIT, Harvard, and UC Berkeley.