Arte Merritt is a partnership, marketing, business development, and product leader in Conversational AI and Generative AI.Arte was the Global Conversational AI Partner Lead at AWS - a program he created through convincing executive leadership. In addition to recruiting SI and ISV partners, he launched the AWS Conversational AI Competency to further differentiate partners. Arte exceeded win-launch goals by 400% and won an Amazon Leadership Principle Award for “Invent and Simplify.”Previously, Arte was the co-founder and CEO of Dashbot - the leading analytics platform for conversational interfaces which he led to 20,000 customers, 90 billion messages process, $1M ARR, and multiple acquisition offers.His annual Superbot conference was one of the most well recognized events in the chatbot and voice assistant space.In the midst of a global pandemic, Arte led business development efforts to increase revenues setting company on pace for 100% ARR growth.Previously, Arte founded the mobile analytics platform, Motally, which he led to a successful exit via sale to Nokia. Arte built the first version of Motally, got the initial customers, and raised a Series A round as a sole entrepreneur.As an active member of the startup community, Arte helped launch two startup accelerator programs, Turner Broadcasting's Media Camp and Mobile Monday’s Momentum, which he co-founded, and is a mentor in Orange's accelerator Orange Fab.Arte is a frequent author and speaker on Conversational AI, Generative AI, and data insights. He has published more than 70 articles on the topics and has spoken at global conferences including MWC, SXSW, Amazon Re:Mars, and Cannes Lions. Skills: Strategic Partnerships, Marketing, Business Development/Sales, Product Management, Corporate Development, Operations.