Thomas Anglero Keynote Speaker
- Strategic AI Advisor and author of "Intro to Artificial Intelligence"
- Delivered 450+ keynotes in 30 countries for organisations including IBM, WHO and the European Commission
- Former IBM Watson innovation leader and founder of the first AI lab for cancer on a European cancer campus
Thomas Anglero's Biography
Thomas Anglero is a Strategic AI Advisor, keynote speaker, and author of Intro to Artificial Intelligence. He has delivered over 450 keynotes across 30 countries for organisations including IBM, the WHO, the World Government Summit, and the European Commission.
He has repeatedly stood at the front of a technological shift. In 1993 he was among the first ten people in the world to make a voice call over the internet. As Chief Executive Officer of Free World Dialup, he led the world’s first peer-to-peer internet telephony company, a story he told live on CNN to three million viewers. In 2017 he founded the IBM Watson AI Lab for Cancer at the Oslo Cancer Cluster, the first AI laboratory for cancer embedded within a European cancer campus. In 2025 he built his latest venture with AI agents as his engineering team.
As Nordic CTO and Innovation Officer at Cognizant, he closed over $500 million in enterprise transformation deals. At IBM he served as Nordic Director of Innovation and global spokesperson for IBM Watson.
Today he advises executive leaders and boards through MerkabaPhi AS in Oslo and hosts the weekly podcast and newsletter Clarity at the Top. Audiences describe the same thing in different words: every story he tells on stage is one he lived.
Thomas Anglero's Speaking Topics
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When Every Employee Becomes a Leader, Because of AI
How we rewrite the rules of leadership and culture across a company
Audiences leave understanding how AI redistributes authority across an organisation, and what has to change in the culture before it breaks.
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Leading an Organisation on Empty
The new tired, and what AI is doing to the leaders who are actually using it
Audiences leave able to recognise AI-driven decision fatigue in their leadership team, with practical ways to address it before it becomes attrition.
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The New Executive Mantra: “We Must Be First”
Not being first is the most expensive decision in leadership
Audiences leave understanding why “wait and see” is the costliest position in a time of disruption, and how to move decisively without being reckless.
Why Book Thomas Anglero as a speaker?
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He has spent more than three decades at the forefront of technological transformation, helping organisations navigate breakthrough shifts from the birth of internet communications to the rise of artificial intelligence.
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He translates complex developments in AI, innovation and emerging technologies into practical insights that help leaders make confident decisions in an era of rapid disruption.
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He has built and led pioneering ventures across multiple technology revolutions, including founding the first AI lab for cancer on a European cancer campus and creating businesses powered by AI agents.
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He combines deep technical expertise with extensive commercial leadership experience, having advised global organisations on innovation, enterprise transformation and large-scale technology adoption.
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