Ms. Jodie Wallis drives Accenture’s collaboration with business partners, government and academia in the A.I. ecosystem, at a time when organizations increasingly are turning to AI as the predominant way to do business. She  also helps clients to unlock the potential bottom-line benefits of AI as evidenced by the recent Accenture research findings that AI is expected to add an additional CAD $636.1 billion to the economy by 2035, increasing the annual growth rate of gross value added from 2.1 to 3.5 percent.

During her 24 years at Accenture, Wallis has developed deep expertise in management consulting and technology consulting.

Ms. Wallis earned her Bachelor of Mathematics with Honours from the University of Waterloo, where she majored in operations research and minored in statistics and computer science. She actively volunteers in the Toronto community, serving on the organizing committee of the Covenant House Guts + Glory Corporate Challenge, which raises funds for Canada’s largest agency serving at-risk, homeless and trafficked youth. Jodie Wallis is also an AI Directory Champion for the Canadian AI Community, a Joint Venture founded by SalesChoice Inc, CATA, and IT World Canada.