Neil Sahota

Biography

Neil Sahota, MBA, is a Lecturer and Course Developer at the UC Irvine Henry Samueli School of Engineering and the Paul Merage School of Business, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in innovation, technology commercialization, project leadership, artificial intelligence, business analytics, and entrepreneurship. He also serves as an Instructor in the Project Management Certificate Program at UC Berkeley Extension and has been a Lecturer at UCI Division of Continuing Education since 2010, where he created 14 distinct courses and designed and launched 3 certificate programs across analytics, AI, innovation, leadership, and management. From 2019 to 2023, he served as Chief Innovation Officer and Lecturer at UCI School of Law, leading interdisciplinary initiatives in emerging technology and AI.

Sahota is Chief Executive Officer of ACSI Labs, where he leads applied research on AI-enabled upskilling and expertise transfer for professionals, designing systems that model expert reasoning and developing scenario-based simulations to help learners practice judgment in complex environments. As a volunteer AI Advisor to the United Nations since 2015, he cofounded and led the "AI for Good" initiative, which has helped deploy 241+ AI solutions across sectors, impacting 1.2 billion lives. From 2014 to 2018, he served as Worldwide Business Development Leader for IBM's Watson Group, where he built an ecosystem spanning 30,000+ organizations to drive AI solutions globally.

Sahota is the author of "Own the A.I. Revolution," published by McGraw-Hill Business Books, and has written over 30 articles for Forbes on AI and technology topics. He holds 21 patents or patent pending applications and is a frequent speaker on applied AI for executives and professional audiences. Sahota received an MBA in Business Administration with a focus in Operations from UC Irvine, along with a BS in Information and Computer Science, a BS in Mathematics, and a BA in Political Science from the same institution.

Education

• MBA in Business Administration with focus in Operations, University of California, Irvine
• BS in Information and Computer Science with specializations in Computer Systems and Information Systems, University of California, Irvine
• BS in Mathematics, University of California, Irvine
• BA in Political Science, University of California, Irvine