We have a huge audience of developers, engineers, and programmers who want to transition to becoming successful entrepreneurs. This conversation explores the journey of such a developer. Fantastic story! Sramana Mitra: Let's go to the very beginning of your journey. Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? David Moss: I was born in Arizona. I grew up in a small town. There wasn't a lot happening out in this town. I was interested in building things and taught myself how to program in the C language when I was 12. I continued by starting a business when I was in high school fixing computers, building websites, and so on. I always had an idea that I was going to do a startup as I got older. Those dreams did eventually come true. Getting there was an interesting path. I ended up going to college and studying electrical engineering partially because I was a little bored with software at that age. I had been doing software for so long, I wanted to learn more

In this special guest feature, Chris Monberg, President and CTO of Boomtrain, discusses some ways to demystify AI to the C-suite in order to get over the feeling that AI is overwhelming and inaccessible and see how it can actually be quite valuable when used in the right context. In his current role as President and CTO, Chris is hyper-focused on building the team that is building the most advanced predictive personalization technology in the market. Previously, Chris was the VP of Interactive at Hornall Anderson, a global design firm. In addition to leading a team of designers, engineers, and strategists, Chris launched a R&D lab focused on redefining the relationships between brands, consumers, and technology. As artificial intelligence (AI) gains popularity, many C-suite executives have looked to make it a priority to integrate the technology to help their business. However, with vendors popping up left and right, hawking their products and touting their solutions, it's become quite difficult for these executives to know how AI can help achieve their goals.