Amanda Johnstone
Award-winning Australian technology CEO | Inventor | Speaker
CATEGORY
- International Women's Day
- Futurists & Future Trends
- Inspirational Speaker
- Technology & Innovation
- Women in Business
- Motivational Speaker
TOPICS
- The Future of Technology
- Metaverse and Web3
- AI and ChatGPT
- Transhumanism and The Internet of Bodies
- Modern Leadership
- Empathy & Role Modelling Vulnerability
INFO
- Location: Sydney
- Social media followers: 50k
Biography
Amanda Johnstone is one Australia’s most globally recognised AI technologists and high technology communicators. TIME have awarded her as a Next Generation Leader for her work in social impact technology and The CEO Magazine awarded her as Start-up Executive of the Year. In 2023, LinkedIn awarded her as a Top Voice in Artificial Intelligence.
She is the Founding CEO of Transhuman, a research and development lab that invent and commercialise technologies in the field of human to computer interface and the ethical storage of electronic human data. She doesn’t just talk about the positive impact of technology; she creates proprietary technologies with Fortune 500 companies. She leads her team of scientists, doctors, researchers, and technologists, who are each the most disruptive in the world in their category, with backgrounds including GE, NASA, Apple and Google.
She a trusted voice and has been a subject matter expert on emerging technologies for brands including YPO, Stanford, Google, KPMG, The Australian Digital Health Agency, University of Technology Sydney, Optus, Commonwealth Bank, Zoom and more.
Her social audio channel, where she hosts dialogue with the top technical leaders in the world has 300,000 subscribers and has delivered emerging technology content to tens of millions of listeners.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Co-founded Transhuman, an R&D lab at the forefront of Artificial Intelligence, Web3 and decentralization.
- Invented proprietary mental health App, ‘Be A Looper’ which focuses on peer support for suicide prevention and used in over 90 countries.
- Founded Talk Nerdy To Me live podcast in 2020, with over 300,000 subscribers.
- Holder of multiple patents relating to the advancement of human wellbeing.
- Founded Strategy firm The Interluxe at 22.
- In 2003, at 17, co-founded award winning retail chain, Sebachi in Tasmania, mentored by Nigel Austin (Cotton On Founder). Sebachi was one of Australia’s first ecommerce stores (2003).
- Amanda is an advisor and investor to several technology companies in education and impact.
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
- TIME X Rolex Next Generation Leader (Most powerful people in the world under 35).
- LinkedIn Top Voice in Artificial Intelligence 2023.
- CEO Magazine X Maserati Start-up Executive of the Year.
- Recognised by Singularity University, Forbes Under 30, GSMA, Wired and more.
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