Walk with Wente: Amol M. Joshi

President Wente walks and talks with Amol Joshi, Professor in the School of Business, about his work in finding ethical ways to use technology to solve interdisciplinary problems. They discuss his background with artificial intelligence and how he sees AI relating to Pro Humanitate, how literature inspired his career and how he teaches failure as a key to success through experiential learning.

More about Amol Joshi:

Thomas H. Davis Professor in Business

Amol M. Joshi, PhD joined Wake Forest in 2020. He holds a joint faculty appointment as an Associate Professor of Strategic Management (School of Business) and as an Associate Professor of Innovation & Commercialization (Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine).

Dr. Joshi is an inventor who helps others reinvent themselves. His passion is guiding aspiring entrepreneurs, executives, and students of all levels to pursue their business dreams. He has trained startup founders and corporate leaders in the US, Austria, Denmark, and Vietnam. Fluent in Japanese, Dr. Joshi has extensive international business experience.

A recognized expert on innovation, his scholarly research studies how inventors create and commercialize new technologies. With a 13-year prior career as an engineer and entrepreneur in venture capital-funded startups in Silicon Valley, Dr. Joshi co-invented two patents for AI-based voice assistant products. He co-founded BeVocal, a speech recognition software startup acquired by Nuance Communications, and served as VP of Sales & Marketing from 1999 to 2003.

Dr. Joshi’s current research includes: analyzing the adoption of AI technologies by health systems for the early detection and diagnosis of chronic diseases; and evaluating the effectiveness of NASA’s small business R&D grant programs in privatizing space exploration. As course director, he teaches Global Strategic Management (Winston-Salem and Charlotte MBA Programs) and Innovation Management (MS in Translational Biotechnology Program).

He has been honored by the Wake Forest School of Business with the 2024 Cowan Faculty Research Award, the 2023 Outstanding Educator Award (Charlotte Saturday MBA Program) and the 2021 High Impact Scholarship Award.

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