Katerina Andreeva

Speaking

AI talks for people who have decisions to make.

I speak about how AI capabilities, business choices and the way organizations work connect. I help audiences examine the assumptions behind AI promises and ask better questions about what comes next.

I adapt the topic and the technical depth to your audience and the purpose of the event.

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Topics we can explore

Why AI adoption does not produce business value on its own

A tool can work while the business result stays unclear. This talk traces the links between capability, workflow, ownership and measurement, and gives leaders the questions to ask before they expand an initiative. It draws on the paper behind this talk.

Making AI decisions with incomplete evidence

Leaders rarely get to wait for certainty. We look at how to question assumptions, find the unknowns that matter and choose a next step while being open about what remains uncertain.

What leaders need to understand about AI systems

A technically grounded talk on capabilities, limits and the conditions behind a convincing demonstration. The audience leaves with questions to use on the next proposal or vendor claim.

These are starting points. I can develop a topic around your event's focus, with more technical depth where it helps.

Selected speaking appearances

Judging experience

I served on the judging panel for the Everything AI Startup Pitch Competition, hosted by Fundraising Bootcamp during New York Tech Week. The role involved examining the proposals and asking questions about the technology and its application.

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Group photograph of judges and participants at the Everything AI Startup Pitch Competition during New York Tech Week.
Judging panel and participants, Everything AI Startup Pitch Competition, New York Tech Week.

Speaker bio

Short (for programs):

Katerina Andreeva is an AI Value Realization Advisor, executive AI trainer and speaker based in New York. A former Data and AI Architect at IBM, she has worked with AI since 2017 and helps leaders decide which AI initiatives to scale, redesign or stop. She founded The Brained Inc. and wrote Velocity with Containment.

Long (for introductions and websites):

Katerina Andreeva is an independent AI Value Realization Advisor, executive AI trainer and speaker based in New York. She helps business leaders connect AI decisions to business goals, workflows and ownership of results, and decide which initiatives to scale, redesign or stop.

Trained in statistics at LMU Munich, she built her career across data engineering, data science and machine learning, and has worked with AI since 2017. As a Data and AI Architect at IBM, she worked with clients after purchase, connecting technology to existing systems and business goals, from MVP to production and through renewal reviews.

She is the founder of The Brained Inc. and the author of Velocity with Containment: An AI Adoption Doctrine for Mid-Market Leaders (2026). She speaks and teaches in English, German and Russian.

For your event

Talks and facilitated discussions in English, German and Russian, remote or in person across the United States.

Email me the audience, date, location and what you want the session to achieve. We will agree on topic, format, technical depth and time for questions. For photos and other speaker materials, ask in the same email.

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