Editorial Board
The Machine Leadership Journal is led by an editorial board that consists of diverse backgrounds in AI, executive leadership, professors of practice, and luminaries. Their collective experience spans every geographic region, sector, industry, and AI use case. This allows our Editorial Board to utilize a truly global approach to supporting research findings that advance the field of Machine Leadership​​.
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Our Editors are Listed Below (Alphabetical Order)

Founder, Chief Editor
Dr. David Swanagon
Senior Executive and Professor with experience leading AI and talent for Saudi Aramco, Ericsson, PPG, and Las Vegas Sands.
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Region: North America, MENA, and APAC
Affiliation: University of North Texas
Education: Vanderbilt, Harvard
Specialties: Technology, O&G, Hospitality

Editor
Antonio Ardigò
Senior Executive with 30+ years leading water and infrastructure for Aljomaih Energy Water, Fisia Italimpianti (Webuild Group), and GE.​
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Region: MENA and Europe (Italy)
Affiliation: GE Project Management Trainers
Education: SDA Bocconi, Politecnico di Milano.
Specialties: Water and Energy

Editor
Brigadier General John Teichert (ret)
United States Air Force Fighter Pilot, Test Pilot, and Brigadier General (ret). Global leader in National Security and International Affairs.​
Region: North America
Affiliation: President, Capital Leadership LLC
Education: MIT, Stanford
Specialties: National Security, Technology

Editor
Rami Busbait
VP and Head of Talent at Savvy Games. Senior leader at Aramco Chemicals and Trading with 25+ years experience. CIPD Chartered Fellow.
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Region: MENA (Saudi Arabia)
Affiliation: Advisor, Prince Sultan University
Education: FKUPM, Open Malaysia University
Specialties: Technology, Energy

Editor
Karim Farrag
Senior leader with 30+ years experience driving private 5G, cloud, and mission critical networks for Ericsson, Nokia, and Roland Berger.
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Region: North America, EMEA, LATAM
Affiliation: University of Dallas
Education: Düsseldorf University, Stanford
Specialties: Telecom, Technology, Consulting

Editor
Dr. Samantha J. (Kozak) Horseman
Chairperson of AI Consortium (AU), VP of AU Creative Electronics Society, and IT Advisory Board Member for James Cook University.
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Region: APAC (AU)
Affiliation: James Cook University
Education: Univ of South Africa, Hull University
Specialties: Artificial Intelligence, Research

Editor
Marlin C. Medina
Founder of MCM Insights, Board Member of Harvard Club of Palm Beaches. JPMorgan and State Street - PE, Inv Ops, Relationship Mgmt.
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Region: North America
Affiliation: MCM Insights, Harvard Club (PB)
Education: Harvard, MIT, University of Oxford
Specialties: Financial Services, Consulting

Editor
Dr. JP Monck
Board Member and Professor. CRO of in1Bank and Audit GM for Commonwealth Bank and Director KPMG. President of Harvard Club AU.
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Region: APAC (Australia)
Affiliation: Board - Sherpa, UNSW, Macquarie
Education: Harvard, University of Sydney
Specialties: Banking, Risk/Audit, Cyber Security

Editor
Doug Raven
Senior Executive and Technical Advisor leading process engineering for Aramco, Wood Group, KBR, SAIC, and Aspen Technology.
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Region: North America and MENA
Affiliation: Raven Process Solutions, Inc.
Education: Caltech, Univ of Texas at Austin
Specialties: Process Engineering, Aerospace

Editor
Christopher Rosett
Senior Executive, Author, Researcher, and Industrial Organizational Psychologist with 25+ years leading transformation at Fortune 500s.
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Region: North America
Affiliation: Mgmt Research Review Journal
Education: University of Scranton and Iona
Specialties: Hyperscaler, Technology, Research

Editor
Dr. Christina Strauss
Co-CEO of Strauss MindTech and AI Research Scholar focusing on driving AI education and adoption strategies for multinationals.
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Region: Europe (Germany)
Affiliation: University of Duisburg-Essen
Education: UniversitätWitten/Herdeckeversity
Specialties: Artificial Intelligence, Research

Editor
Dr. Erik Strauss
Co-CEO of Strauss MindTech and Professor of Management Control focusing on AI adoption, cognition optimization, and decision-making.
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Region: Europe (Germany)
Affiliation: ESCP, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Education: WHU - Otto Beisheim Mgmt
Specialties: Artificial Intelligence, Research

Editor
Nenuca Syquia
CEO of B​etter Organizations by Design BOxD, Commissioner of the City of Sunnyvale and former senior leader of Cisco.
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Region: North America
Affiliation: Co-Chair 50/50 Women on Boards
Education: Cornell, University of San Francisco
Specialties: Org Effectiveness, Transformation
Research Associates
The Machine Leadership Journal relies on a robust peer review process to maintain high quality standards for thought leadership articles and DOI publications. The research team is responsible for managing the peer review process with the Editorial Board including the abstract and proposal review, committee decisions, citation and generative AI evaluation, and DOI assignment.

Sr. Research Associate
Kouame Ngoran
Data Scientist and Sr. Research Associate with 10+ years of experience leading HR strategy and transformation projects.
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Region: North America and EMEA
Interests: Digital Transformation
Education: Bay Path, Cocody (Ivory Coast)
Specialities: Data Science, HR, AI

Research Associate
Dean Van Decker Jr.
Responsible for coordinating the peer review and DOI process with the Editorial Board, selected authors, and research partners.
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Region: North America
Interests: Integrating AI into the Workforce
Education: University of North Texas
Specialties: AI Research, Human Resources

Research Associate
Shelbie Jackson-Bowling
Responsible for coordinating the author outreach program, alongside the peer review and DOI process with the Editorial Board.
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Region: North America
Interests: AI Leadership and Transformation
Education: University of North Texas
Specialties: AI for Human Resources











