Andrea “Andi” Huels is an award-winning technology leader dedicated to revolutionizing enterprise operations with AI. Her passion for evangelizing AI solutions is truly infectious. She inspires executives in retail, restaurants, manufacturing, and healthcare to embrace AI to improve customer experience, empower smarter decision-making, and enable operational intelligence. Her deep understanding of AI solutions, Generative AI, computer vision, data analytics, NLP, and machine learning help her cultivate technology ecosystems and earn credibility as a trusted advisor to CXOs.
As one of the “24 AI Influencers for 2024,” Andi has captivated audiences as a keynote speaker, panelist, and moderator at industry conferences around the world. She’s been recognized as one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in Technology in 2023," the "World's Top 200 Business and Technology Innovators,” “QSR Magazine’s “Top 20 Digital Disruptors,” the "Top 50 Intelligent Automation Influencers,“ a member of the “2023 Women Leaders of Conversational AI,” and the “Top 100 Women in Technology Sales.”
Prior to joining Vody, a GenAI startup, Andi served as Head of AI, North America, for Lenovo ($70B) and in leadership roles at General Electric, ExxonMobil, Dematic, Crane, Imerys, Omron, General Mills and RadiusAI.
Andi earned a BS in Management with honors from Indiana University and holds a Certificate in AI and Business Strategy from MIT. An avid cyclist, she resides in Atlanta, Georgia with her four children and their English Mastiff, Penelope.
