Ben Taylor is the Chief AI Evangelist at DataRobot. His path to evangelism ran through hands-on engineering and quant roles, along with the startup world and companies that went through acquisitions. That mix of technical depth and business experience shapes how he talks about AI today: less hype, more practical value explained in language decision makers can act on.

As an evangelist and keynote speaker, Ben has become known for teaching data scientists how to communicate. He shares a repeatable playbook for public speaking: structuring keynotes around one to three clear takeaways, opening with story hooks instead of technical overload, translating metrics into narratives, and presenting to executives by leading with recommendations while keeping the details in an appendix. He also mentors practitioners on earning speaking stages, writing conference proposals, and handling Q&A with confidence, including knowing when to admit what they do not know.

Through his talks and workshops, Ben helps technical audiences turn deep expertise into influence, making public speaking a genuine career accelerator for data scientists and AI practitioners.