Ramy Nassar is an AI futurist and innovation expert who helps leaders turn disruption into practical action and lasting advantage.
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The workshop was actually fun. The hands-on exercises helped our team think critically about how we would apply the theory to build better solutions for our customers. We covered what felt like a week’s worth of learning in 2 days.
Thomas Gilles
Ciena
Ramy Nassar doesn’t just talk about the future. He builds it. An AI futurist and former Head of Innovation at Mattel, Ramy has spent 25+ years working with over 250 organizations, including Apple, TD Bank, Verizon and Disney. At Mattel, he launched its first Innovation Lab, created AI-powered retail experiences for Barbie and Hot Wheels, and contributed to the tech strategy for the $1.5 billion Barbie film. Today, he helps leaders cut through AI hype, rethink business models and turn disruption into practical opportunities for innovation.
Ramy Nassar doesn’t just talk about the future. He builds it.
For more than 25 years, Ramy has worked at the intersection of technology, innovation and business transformation. Across that time, he has worked with more than 250 organizations spanning financial services, professional services, healthcare, government and other sectors. His experience includes organizations such as Apple, TD Bank, Verizon, New Balance, Disney and the Government of Canada.
Today, Ramy equips leaders with practical frameworks that help them reimagine business models, rewire their approach to risk and accelerate meaningful innovation. His perspective is grounded in implementation rather than speculation. His work includes building enterprise AI agents, advising AI governance teams and launching innovation labs designed to move ideas into real-world application.
For organizations trying to understand what AI means beyond the headlines, Ramy brings a clear message: technology creates possibilities, but leadership choices determine what happens next.
Before spending years helping organizations navigate the opportunities and challenges of AI, Ramy served as Head of Innovation at Mattel. There, he launched the company’s first Innovation Lab and led more than 15 AI-driven retail experiences, including the world’s first AI-powered retail experiences for Barbie and Hot Wheels.
His work at Mattel also extended to one of the world’s most recognizable entertainment properties. Ramy contributed to the technology strategy for the $1.5 billion Barbie film, giving him firsthand experience of how technology, consumer experiences, creativity and global brands can intersect at enormous scale.
That background shapes the way Ramy approaches AI today. Rather than treating innovation as an abstract exercise, he focuses on what organizations can actually build, change and implement. His keynotes connect emerging technology with the decisions leaders are already facing around strategy, risk, governance, customer experience and organizational transformation.
Book Ramy Nassar for a keynote or workshop that cuts through the hype surrounding artificial intelligence and focuses attention on what leaders can do next.
Ramy combines his experience as a futurist with active consulting and advisory work on AI strategy for several Fortune 500 companies. This keeps his thinking connected to the questions organizations are confronting right now, from enterprise adoption and AI governance to new business models and innovation capabilities.
Audiences can expect insights shaped by a broad track record:
The result is a speaker who can address both the strategic implications of AI and the realities of putting new ideas into practice.
Ramy’s forthcoming book, The World After AI, explores a question that reaches beyond today’s excitement around generative AI. His argument is that the deepest reshaping does not begin when tools such as ChatGPT amaze us. It begins when AI becomes ordinary.
Imagine AI becoming as embedded in everyday life as electricity: woven into how people work, learn and connect so deeply that we eventually stop noticing it. For Ramy, that is the moment leaders need to prepare for.
This perspective shifts the conversation away from individual tools and toward the wider consequences of widespread AI adoption. What happens to organizations when AI is no longer a special initiative? How should leaders think about business models, governance, risk and innovation when intelligent systems become part of the everyday infrastructure of work?
Ramy’s message puts responsibility firmly in the hands of decision-makers. The technology itself is not the only variable. The choices leaders make about how they apply, govern and build with it will shape what follows.
Alongside his work with organizations, Ramy teaches the next generation of leaders at universities in Canada and Europe. This combination of enterprise experience, advisory work, innovation leadership and education gives him a perspective that connects technological change with the people expected to lead through it.
As a trusted futurist with a global track record, Ramy makes complex developments in AI relevant and actionable for his audiences. He challenges leaders to move past passive conversations about disruption and start asking better questions about what they can create, redesign and improve.
His keynotes and workshops are designed to leave audiences energized, empowered and equipped to act. Whether the conversation is about AI strategy, enterprise AI agents, governance, innovation labs, changing business models or the broader world emerging after AI becomes commonplace, Ramy brings the focus back to practical leadership.
Book speaker Ramy Nassar for your event to give leaders a grounded view of artificial intelligence, innovation and the future of business and practical frameworks for building what comes next.
5 of 5
The workshop was actually fun. The hands-on exercises helped our team think critically about how we would apply the theory to build better solutions for our customers. We covered what felt like a week’s worth of learning in 2 days.
Thomas Gilles Ciena
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Ramy’s energy and expertise when it comes to the role of emerging technology are unrivalled. He brought a passion and enthusiasm to my team that helped drive us to new heights in terms of data-driven digital transformation.
Rob Fodor Chief Data Officer, Interac
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This presentation was the first that helped our executive team understand how we drive AI initiatives forward and build the right metrics into our strategic technology roadmap. The outcomes will directly and positively impact the ROI of our investments into AI.
Robert Bricker TD Bank
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Ramy’s presentation was a fantastic way to kick off our first ever technology summit. He was extremely collaborative before the event and made sure his presentation aligned with our theme and set up the speakers who followed. A world-class presentation, and a 10 out of 10 experience.
Dave Richardson VP of Sales, Microserve
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The presentation transformed how our leadership thinks about strategic planning. Ramy has a unique ability to uncover how the trends of today will shape the business environment of tomorrow. His framework helped us uncover ROI-driving opportunities.
Erica Sweeney New Balance
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Ramy’s approach to introducing the complex topic of generative AI helped our team better understand where the key business opportunities exist, and gave us the tools to build our own internal AI investment strategy and roadmap.
Thomas Anderson Apple
Keynote by Ramy Nassar:
Cutting through hype to drive measurable impact.
Most leadership teams have made AI an executive priority. Very few understand what they are actually deciding. This session changes that.
Drawing on decades of hands-on experience building and deploying AI for some of the world’s largest brands, Ramy gives leaders clarity on what matters now, what is coming next, and what they can confidently set aside. He shares practical use cases and scalable frameworks that demystify the AI landscape, helping executives identify opportunities, avoid common pitfalls, and build responsibly.
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Strategic foresight in an age of disruption.
What if your biggest risks are not today’s challenges, but tomorrow’s blind spots?
In a world defined by disruption and accelerating technology, leaders can no longer rely on linear planning. Ramy equips them with practical foresight tools to anticipate disruption and turn uncertainty into opportunity. Through engaging stories and proven frameworks, participants shift from reaction to proactive strategy, and leave with a repeatable method for seeing disruption before competitors do.
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Quantum, blockchain, and The World After AI.
What if the technologies shaping tomorrow are already here, just unevenly distributed?
AI may dominate headlines, but quantum computing, blockchain, and other emerging technologies are converging to reshape industries at unprecedented speed. Drawing from his forthcoming book The World After AI, Ramy explores how these technologies mature and intersect, often slower than expected, then suddenly all at once. Participants leave with frameworks to know when to experiment, when to scale, and when to step back.
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Leading change in the age of AI.
The problem is not that organizations do not want to innovate. It is that most innovation programs are designed to protect the existing business, not transform it.
In today’s AI-powered economy, the ability to adapt quickly is survival, not luxury. Drawing on decades helping global brands reimagine innovation, and lessons from both startups and Fortune 500s, Ramy shows leaders how to cultivate the cultures, systems, and strategies that unlock enterprise-scale innovation. He equips them to embrace risk, adopt an AI-first mindset, and leap from incremental improvement to bold reinvention.
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Governance, ethics, and practical adoption at scale.
The organizations that win with AI will not be the fastest adopters. They will be the most responsible ones.
Hallucinations, bias, governance gaps, and a lack of explainability can derail adoption and erode trust with customers and regulators. Drawing on years guiding Fortune 500 companies, from global banks and healthcare organizations to energy and technology leaders, Ramy has designed AI policies, launched governance committees, and built innovation labs that scale. He equips leaders to adopt AI responsibly and at scale, balancing innovation with governance so initiatives drive impact without unnecessary risk.
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