Rohit Sharma is a technocrat, author and entrepreneur. He founded two companies, published several papers in international conferences and journals and authored two best seller books on machine intelligence and VLSI cell characterization. He has contributed to ML & EDA domain for over 20 years with TI, Ansys, Cadence and Paripath learning, improvising and designing solutions. He is passionate about many technical topics including AI accelerators, AIoT, EDGE AI, machine learning, analysis, characterization, and VLSI modeling. He has architected several products including guna - an advanced characterization software for modern nodes and deepC Compiler – an open source vendor independent deep learning library, compiler and inference framework microcomputers and micro-controllers. He enjoys mentoring and speaking at technical conferences, summits and workshops. He is an adjunct professor at California Science and Technology University and works for AI Technology & Systems (ai-techsystems.com) - a company he founded.