Timothy Chou

Former Oracle President, Cloud Computing Pioneer, IoT Author

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Timothy Chou Biography

Timothy Chou has a multifaceted career spanning academia, startups, and large corporations. He was one of only six individuals to hold the President title at Oracle, where he was instrumental in pioneering the cloud business from its inception. Chou also served as President of Oracle On Demand, significantly expanding the company's cloud operations. Currently, he contributes his expertise to the Board of Directors of Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) and Teradata (NYSE: TDC).

Chou began his career at Tandem Computers, one of the original Kleiner Perkins startups. Over the years, he has invested in and contributed to numerous other startups, including notable companies like WebEx, which were subsequently acquired by major corporations such as Cisco and Oracle. His recent roles include serving as the Chairman of the Alchemist Accelerator, which focuses on industrial IoT, and investing in emerging technologies like blockchain and artificial intelligence.

Since 1982, Chou has been affiliated with Stanford University, where he initially taught computer architecture. After a hiatus, he returned to Stanford to launch the university's first course on cloud computing, now in its 12th year, featuring guest lectures by nearly 100 public company CEOs. Chou has authored several influential books, including "Precision: Principles, Practices and Solutions for the Internet of Things," praised by the prime minister of Vietnam as a “roadmap for the future of the economy.” This work introduces a vendor-neutral framework for the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) and discusses real-world IoT applications across diverse industries.

A renowned keynote speaker, Chou has delivered speeches on all six continents, addressing topics such as artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and the economic implications of emerging technologies. His presentations often explore the significant impact of technology on industries, ranging from agriculture to healthcare, and the evolution of business models fueled by software and hardware advancements. Chou has been featured in various high-profile publications like Forbes, Business Week, The Economist, and The New York Times, and has appeared on media outlets such as CNBC and NPR. Holding a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Timothy Chou continues to shape the dialogue around technology's role in modern business and society.

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Timothy Chou Speaking Topics

  • Enterprise Artificial Intelligence (AI) – The Next Steps in Analytics

    Enterprise Artificial Intelligence (AI) has had significant advances in the past couple years. Whether it be Alexa voice recognition or Facebook facial recognition it’s happening faster than anyone predicted. What does this mean for Enterprise Computing? This talk will focus on the three significant changes in neural networks, deep learning and the machine learning life cycle that have enabled these amazing leaps. Dr. Chou will show you how the next generation of enterprise analytics will be based on Artificial Intelligence and not Business Intelligence.

  • Precision Planet – Internet of Things (IoT)

    The World Economic Forum has said “In the next 10 years the Internet of Things revolution will dramatically alter manufacturing, energy, agriculture, transportation and other industrial sectors of the economy which, together, account for nearly two-thirds of the global GDP.” So what is the Internet of Things?

    In this talk Dr. Chou presents a five-layer framework to help business and technical people understand the current and future state of the art in IoT software. Leaders will learn how technology will reshape enterprises that build machines and those that use machines

    Dr. Chou will discuss how implementing an IoT strategy could easily double the revenues and quadruple the margins of any company that builds power, healthcare, agriculture, construction or transportation machines. Finally, precision machines promise to reshape our planet. Developing economies around the planet have the opportunity to leapfrog current solutions and build the farms of the future, or a distributed energy grid or a next generation healthcare system.

  • Advanced IoT

    For those who are already beyond the “What is IoT” phase and fully aware of the technology the key to completing a digital transformation is the creation of a new generation of applications based on new business models. As machines become more software defined, we should learn a lesson from the business model in the software industry. The talk will discuss three fundamental revenue models and the application to the any enterprise that makes industrial or healthcare machines. We'll cover a number of case stories to illustrate the next step in IoT. Finally, I'll discuss a specific case how connecting millions of machines might not only change business models, but also the world.

  • Big5: 5G and More (or Technology and the implications on enterprises and the planet)

    The talk begins by giving an introduction to five technologies: 5G, IoT, AI, Cloud computing and the edge This is an introduction for non-technologists. While technology is cool the second part of the talk discusses how enterprises around the world are using the technology as well as the fundamental impact it will have on their business models. This will be done with eight case stories. Lastly, we'll discuss the implications on the planet and how technology might reshape 2/3 of the world's economy.

  • Digital Transformation

    This talk will not show you videos of the earth being reshaped by volcanic activity; nor any charts of how much the Fortune 500 has changed in the past twenty years and certainly no slides with Blockbuster and Netflix logos. Instead we’ll focus on five essential themes any enterprise from financial services to manufacturers or users of healthcare, construction, transportation or industrial printing machines should consider in their future plans.

    As 90+% of the US economy and a growing percentage of the global economy is service, you should realize service is not break-fix, but personal and relevant information delivered by software. Analytics is not a by-product of business workflow applications it is the business. Second, the digital enterprise will be a connected enterprise. While of course we all use email and text, you’d be surprised how much of healthcare is isolated islands of people, information and machines. A connected, collaborative enterprise provides the perfect entry point for next generation neural network-based enterprise AI applications. The applications could include fraud detection, crop blight detection and medical image diagnostics. Today there are fewer than 3,000 pediatric radiologists on the planet. Imagine how pediatric healthcare could be transformed if we could create AI doctors available at a moment’s notice, globally.

    While AI, 5G, edge and cloud computing are all very cool the fourth major transformation is not technology, rather business models. We’re already seeing the beginnings of the transformation of the automotive world by Uber, Didi and Lyft. In a connected autonomous world, you’d never own a car. We’ll discuss three powerful business models to get you started. Finally, we’ll talk about how to fund all of this. While technology companies can bring lots of cool ideas, how can you afford to fund the digital transformation?

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Timothy Chou is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Enterprise Artificial Intelligence (AI) – The Next Steps in Analytics, Precision Planet – Internet of Things (IoT), Advanced IoT, Big5: 5G and More (or Technology and the implications on enterprises and the planet) and Digital Transformation. The estimated speaking fee range to book Timothy Chou for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Timothy Chou generally travels from Los Altos, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Erik Qualman, Scott Amyx, Alberto Ajayi Mata, Jack Shaw and Scott Klososky. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Timothy Chou for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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