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James Gray

James Gray

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UC Berkeley AI Instructor | Former CIO/CPO | Trained 5,000+ Leaders

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James Gray will accelerate your AI transformation

James Gray teaches AI strategy at UC Berkeley Executive Education (5,000+ executives trained globally) and is a former CIO and Chief Product Officer who helps growth-stage tech companies build organization-wide AI capability.

With C-suite operating experience and 10 years at Microsoft building enterprise data platforms, James combines technical depth with business strategy that most consultants lack.

Having taught 5,000+ executives at UC Berkeley while serving as CIO and CPO, James brings the rare combination of academic rigor and operating experience. He also delivers customized corporate programs for organizations building AI capability at scale.

James holds a BS in Electrical Engineering (Union College), MBA and MS in Information & Data Science (UC Berkeley).

Worked at and clients
Microsoft
UC Berkeley
Capital One
Google
Amazon

Alumni reviews

Hands-on Agentic AI for Leaders

A year ago I gave myself a gift - a year to study and rethink my engagement in the AI / Agentic era. I wish I had started here. My thesis is that if you are an executive or senior leader today and have not invested in understanding this transformation at the boardroom AND the boiler-room levels, your'e at a loss in the new game. Outstanding course. Content is deeply relevant. James is incredible.
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Larry

Cohort 17
Founder · Red Chili Consulting

Hands-on Agentic AI for Leaders

What a fantastic course. James' framework, approach and general willingness to explain and help demystified building agentic capabilities and put methodical structure around my haphazard approaches. I am walking away more knowledgeable and empowered to build. Highly recomended.

Ameet

Cohort 17
Director · HP

Hands-on Agentic AI for Leaders

Excellent course with an excellent instructor. Firm grounding in building useful agents, skills, and workflows that are transformative. Also provides a great overview and some hands-on practice in keeping your agents and associated files organized, backed up, and available to others. Highly recommended.
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Garrick

Cohort 17
Program Manager · Formerly Oracle

Hands-on Agentic AI for Leaders

Before this course, I was using AI at a surface level. Four weeks later, I am building agents, running scheduled workflows, and setting up tools I will actually use in my work every day. James made that possible. He adapted the course to where we were, met questions with clear explanations, and brought tools that were dynamic and immediately applicable. Not theoretical. The pace pushed you forward without losing you. If you are considering this course, take it. You will leave with more than knowledge. You will leave with things built.
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Venus

Cohort 17
HR Business Partner · TouchPoint Health

Hands-on Agentic AI for Leaders

It seems to me that there are two ways of learning AI skills in a class: everyone builds the same thing along an extremely structured path, or everyone learns the fundamentals and building blocks that will unlock everything. Both are valid. But if you're a natural builder/tinkerer, the second path is likely the one that will spark your creativity and passion faster. That's this course. I learned so much so quickly and it was so fun that I wish I could do the whole thing again for the first time!
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Christina

Cohort 17
Director, Field Strategy · Lattice