AI and Digital Transformation expert who has helped corporations (Port of Singapore Authority, Changi Airport, Singapore Technologies Group,…) and governments (Singapore, Japan, Korea,…) to achieve their goals in Digital Implementation. Albert is part of the French/Singapore AI think tank that studies the impacts of AI on our daily life as well as on the world economy. He is also the member of Vietnam Data Expert Network (VDEN)

Albert Antoine, a French citizen, Vietnamese origin, native from Hue, left his World Bank job in Paris and arrived in Singapore in 1988. He then set up a company, providing consulting services in the area of Artificial Intelligence. Subsequently, he co-set up ILOG, a NASDAQ AI firm headquartered in the Bay Area with regional head office in Singapore. ILOG was later acquired by IBM in 2009 for more than $300M.

For the past 30 years, he has been advising the Singapore government and Asian companies on the use of advanced technologies to optimize operation, achieving competitive advantage. Albert has also been involved in many urban planning projects that constitute the master planning of Smart Cities today.

Albert is a serial entrepreneur who has set up no less than 20 start-ups and grew it into full global companies. He still serves on the board of many portfolio companies advising them on strategic management & marketing.

Albert, a veteran in A.I., has participated in numerous Data Science projects, helping large and small firms ride the “Big Data” wave … He is part of the French-Singapore think tank that studies the impacts of AI on our daily life as well as on the world economy.

Albert is now the Executive Director and Co-founder of Avaiga (http://www.avaiga.com), a Digital Transformation (DX) and AI companion to many large companies around the world. Albert and his team have recently worked on DX projects for clients like Viettel, FPT, VinGroup, Vietcombank, Amazon, DHL, Zara, Nike, and many other global brands.