Dr. Suhayya Abu-Hakima is a serial entrepreneur in Artificial Intelligence who has advanced the field over a 40 year period. She has hundreds of published papers and speeches about AI, security, messaging and entrepreneurship. She published a lessons learned book in 2024 about her two AI startups and two successful exits to NASDAQ companies. Her 48 patents are cited by Google Scholar over 2700 times by companies like Microsoft, Apple, Google, IBM, Ford, and Blackberry. She has won numerous personal and company awards for her 3 startups. She is vested in the order of Ontario for her work in innovation.