Matthew Renze is an AI researcher, consultant, and author.As the founder of Renze Consulting, he has trained over 500,000 software developers and IT professionals. He’s delivered over 200 keynotes, presentations, and workshops on every continent in the world (including Antarctica). His clients include several Fortune 500 companies around the globe.As the president of the Renze AI Research Institute, he researches cognitive architectures for AI agents based on large language models (LLMs) and large multimodal models (LMMs). He is studying how self-reflecting LLM/LMM agents improve problem-solving, trustworthiness, and value alignment.He is also the president of Serenze Global, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to improving access to technology education for under-represented individuals by empowering the next generation of tech community leaders.Matthew has a Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence with a Data Science Specialization from Johns Hopkins University. He also has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, and a minor in Economics from Iowa State University.He is a Microsoft MVP in AI, a Microsoft Regional Director, an author for Pluralsight, Udemy, and Skillshare, and the founder of the Las Vegas AI Meetup.His interests include AI, ML, data science, mindfulness, technology education, and tech community leadership.