Cynthia Respert
AI Solutions Architect
“In its most responsible and ethical application, AI is intended to be an EXTENSION of us, not the EXTINCTION of us!”
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Cynthia Respert is a certified AI Solution Architect and Strategist with a human-first, AI-focused approach to empower and mobilize enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, and executives to thrive in the future of work. She founded the AI BuildHER Academy and AI Execution Club to make AI education actionable—helping people learn by doing through hands-on application, collaboration, and innovation.
An impact-driven business consultant and speaker, Cynthia has spent three decades across corporate, nonprofit, and entrepreneurial ecosystems simplifying technology for equity and impact. She has helped thousands of entrepreneurs, small business owners, and professionals globally upskill their operations and master AI fluency to build sustainable, tech-enabled growth.
Through her operations consultancy, her leadership has powered transformative projects for AT&T, Cadillac, JPMorgan Chase, eMerge Americas, Rocket Community Fund, Comcast NBCUniversal, the Detroit Pistons, the Knight Foundation, and more. A Perplexity AI Business Fellow, Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women alum, and certified AI Solution Architect, she continues to bridge innovation and inclusion at scale.
A dynamic keynote speaker and community builder, Cynthia is on a mission to simplify AI for one million women, empowering them to BELIEVE in their brilliance, BUILD boldly, and BECOME the solution their communities, businesses, and industries need.
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Cynthia Respert is a certified AI Solution Architect and Strategist dedicated to helping entrepreneurs, executives, and organizations thrive in the future of work. As founder of the AI BuildHER Academy and AI Execution Club, she makes AI education actionable through hands-on learning, collaboration, and innovation.
With three decades of experience across corporate, nonprofit, and entrepreneurial sectors, Cynthia has led transformative projects for AT&T, JPMorgan Chase, Cadillac, Comcast NBCUniversal, eMerge Americas, and more through her Operations Consultancy. A Perplexity AI Business Fellow and Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women alum, she’s on a mission to simplify AI for one million women, empowering them to BELIEVE in their brilliance, BUILD boldly, and BECOME the solution their industries need.
“70 million Americans are functionally illiterate (2023). The AI literacy rate will be even more catastrophic if we don’t actively begin dismantling myths and upskilling leaders and underserved communities; the time to start is yesterday.”
-Cynthia Respert