Janna Lipenkova has spent her career at the meeting point of language, data, and business strategy. She holds a Master in Chinese Studies and Economics and a PhD in Computational Linguistics, an academic background that took her deep into natural language processing long before NLP became a mainstream business concern.

After many years of work in AI and NLP in both academia and industry, Janna started her own AI and analytics business. In that role she has acquired and managed projects for global companies, collecting first-hand experience in what it actually takes to achieve business success with AI: scoping the problem, aligning stakeholders, and delivering systems that create measurable value rather than staying stuck in the prototype stage.

Today, Janna focuses on leveraging AI to generate strategic recommendations for companies in central areas such as innovation, digitalization, and sustainability, helping leadership teams turn AI capabilities into concrete business direction. She distills this experience in her book Creating Intelligent Products, which guides teams through building AI-powered products that people and businesses genuinely need.