Marty?Beard is a technology leader, husband and father. He grew up in the Bay Area?and attended the University of California, Berkeley. ?At Cal, he studied rhetoric and history, thus beginning a lifelong passion for literature and philosophy. ?After graduating from Cal, Marty began?a career in management consulting, then attended?graduate school at Georgetown University. ?He has?worked many years as?an executive in the?software and mobile?industries, and is currently co-founder & CEO of alwaysAI, Inc. – a deep learning computer vision software company. ?Married with?two?children, he writes essays and poetry in his spare moments, and also surfs the amazing?waves of?San Diego’s north coast.