Ramy Nassar

Ramy Nassar turns AI disruption into action

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.

From Mattel to enterprise AI

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 your event

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:

• Former Head of Innovation at Mattel, where he built its first Innovation Lab and led 15+ AI-driven retail experiences
• Contributor to the technology strategy for the $1.5 billion Barbie film
• 25+ years of experience working with more than 250 organizations
• Experience spanning financial services, professional services, healthcare and government
• Active AI strategy consulting and advisory work with several Fortune 500 companies
• Ranked #2 on Nikolas Badminton’s list of 30 best AI keynote speakers of 2026
• Author of The AI Product Design Handbook
• Author of the forthcoming The World After AI, scheduled for early 2027
• University teaching experience in Canada and Europe
• Fluent in English, French and German

The result is a speaker who can address both the strategic implications of AI and the realities of putting new ideas into practice.

The world after AI

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.

Practical thinking for what comes next

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.