Roman Ferrando

Principal Analyst, Appledore

Speaker Bio

Roman is an accomplished AI professional with outstanding depth of knowledge and an extensive track record in developing and implementing AI strategies across diverse organizations, including Openet, Amdocs, MYCOM-OSI, B-YOND and Ericsson. Roman holds a Ph.D. in Generalized Anomaly Detection for Telecommunications Networks and has used a deep understanding of cutting-edge AI technologies and their applications in telecom to successfully spearhead AI initiatives at director and executive levels.

Roman holds numerous patents and has published extensively in the domain of AI and telecommunications. Continuously at the forefront of innovation, they push boundaries and leverage AI to unlock new opportunities and deliver exceptional results.


Roman founded Thingbook, an AI cloud-based platform, empowering software developers to deploy scalable machine learning solutions at scale without previous data science background. Thingbook contributed to popularizing SaaS-based AI tools and democratize access to AI for any subject matter expert and software developer.

With executive education credentials from esteemed institutions like The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Copenhagen Business School, and the University of Virginia, Roman possesses a unique blend of skill set that encompasses leadership, effective communication, strategic thinking and problem-solving as well as deep technical knowledge of AI.