Leon Katsnelson

Director & CTO, IBM Skills Network, IBM

AITorontoOn TechTO stages since 2017

Leon Katsnelson is Director and CTO of the IBM Skills Network in Toronto, which he has led since its founding. Earlier he was Director and CTO of Emerging Technologies for IBM's Analytics Platform, and led product management for IBM's multi-billion-dollar Data and AI portfolio across 31 years at the company. He sat on TechTO's 2017 travel AI panel.

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July 2017 TravelTechTO Panel - Machine Learning & AI in Travel

TravelTechTO · August 2017

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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2017. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Leon ↗

Quick answers

What does Leon Katsnelson do?

He is Director and CTO of the IBM Skills Network, a team he has led since its inception, which builds hands-on technical courses. He is based in Toronto.

What did he speak about at TechTO?

He was the emerging-technology voice on TravelTechTO's July 2017 panel on machine learning and AI in travel, alongside panellists from MobyTrip and The Travel Corporation.

Is he the same person as the 'Leon Nelson' in the TechTO archive?

Yes — the archive's speaker label came from automatic transcription and dropped the first half of his surname. On the recording he introduces himself as Katsnelson.

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