Sam Hocking is a tech and AI entrepreneur, banking executive, advisor, and former journalist who brings deep experience acquired over a distinguished three-decade global career. He has founded and exited successful data & analytics companies, led teams at leading investment banks, set up and led international exchange programs, and served as a board member and advisor across industries.He is the co-founder of Vertis, an AI analytics platform that helps companies make the most efficient decisions about their location and talent. Sam is also Founder and CEO of SMH Analytics, a consultancy that provides AI and Generative AI solutions to top companies. Before Vertis, Sam founded and led AltX, a next-generation data analytics AI platform for hedge fund decision-making, culminating in its sale to Addepar in 2017. Prior, he served as Managing Director at BNP Paribas after its acquisition of Bank of America’s Securities Prime Brokerage Business, where he served as Managing Director for almost 10 years.Sam is passionate about AI and the enormous opportunities to solve challenging business problems using the complex web of data made available to us daily and combing and then applying them to decision-making whether for the future of work, product development, and forecasting for the fastest-growing companies in the world.