PERSPECTIVES IN EDUCATION – BUILDING A FUTURE TOGETHER | Arshad Hisham | TEDxBirlaPublicSchool
Arshad Hisham is an internationally recognized entrepreneur, CEO, board member, advisor, educator, angel investor, and inventor with degrees in Business, Engineering, and an MBA. He has built companies from the ground up into multimillion-dollar enterprises, secured worldwide press coverage, and negotiated exits with billion-dollar conglomerates. An Edison Award Silver Medalist, His pioneering work in AI, Automation, Robotics and Education has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, Discovery Channel, IEEE, and Popular Science. He has served on university advisory councils including California State East Bay and as a jury for the prestigious Edison Awards.
A frequent keynote speaker, Arshad has presented at the IEEE Robotics Symposium ( NY ) , BCG’s AI Summit ( Chicago ), Disney ( Glendale), City of Tomorrow Summit, Robo-Business ( San Jose ), the Volvo Group Tech Summit alongside senior leaders including MD of NVIDIA , and at AT&T’s Global Technology Advisory Council ( Dallas ), where he was one of only five selected speakers in the US presenting directly to the CEO and senior leadership.
As Founder & CEO of InGen Dynamics, he leads innovations such as Aido, Sentinel, Kaiser.Haus, and the Origami AI platform, building an $80M revenue pipeline and deploying robots across the US, UK, and Asia-Pacific. His work has been cited by MIT, the University of Pennsylvania, Kessel, and IEEE, and was recently featured by ASME in a cover article.
Most recently, Arshad was invited by the UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade to join a select audience with the President of the United States during the UK–US Business Reception in London—a historic occasion celebrating the transatlantic partnership and the Economic Prosperity Deal.Arshad Hisham is an internationally recognized entrepreneur, CEO, board member, advisor, educator, angel investor, and inventor with degrees in Business, Engineering, and an MBA.He has built multimillion-dollar enterprises, secured global press, and negotiated exits with billion-dollar conglomerates.An Edison Award Silver Medalist, his pioneering work in AI, Automation, Robotics, and Education has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, Discovery Channel, IEEE, and Popular Science. He has served on university advisory councils, including California State East Bay, and as a jury for the Edison Awards. A frequent keynote speaker, he has presented at IEEE, BCG, Disney, Volvo, AT&T, and others. As Founder & CEO of InGen Dynamics, he leads innovations like Aido, Sentinel, Kaiser.Haus, and Origami AI, building an $80M pipeline and deploying globally. His work has been cited by MIT, UPenn, and IEEE, and he was recently invited to the UK–US Business Reception with the President of the United States. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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